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Definition of Tight

1. Adjective. Closely constrained or constricted or constricting. "A tight feeling in his chest"

2. Adverb. Firmly or closely. "Held tight"

3. Adjective. Pulled or drawn tight. "A tight rope"

4. Adverb. In an attentive manner. "He remained close on his guard"

5. Adjective. Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration. "A tight blockade"

6. Adjective. Pressed tightly together. "With lips compressed"

7. Adjective. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. "He left a miserly tip"

8. Adjective. Affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow. "A tight market"

9. Adjective. Of such close construction as to be impermeable. "Warm in our tight little house"

10. Adjective. Of textiles. "Smooth percale with a very tight weave"

11. Adjective. Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid. "The bolts are tight"

12. Adjective. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched. "A tight game"

13. Adjective. Very drunk.

14. Adjective. Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent. "A good man to have on your side in a tight situation"

15. Adjective. Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures. "Stringent safety measures"

16. Adjective. Packed closely together. "The pub was packed tight"

Definition of Tight

1. a. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

2. v. t. To tighten.

Definition of Tight

1. Adjective. Pushed or pulled together. ¹

2. Adjective. Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it. ¹

3. Adjective. Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult. ¹

4. Adjective. Under high tension. ¹

5. Adjective. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution. ¹

6. Adjective. (slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk. ¹

7. Adjective. (colloquial) Intimately friendly. ¹

8. Adjective. (slang) Extraordinarily great or special. ¹

9. Adjective. (slang British) Unfair; unkind. ¹

10. Adjective. (slang usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal. ¹

11. Adjective. (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by. ¹

12. Adjective. (poker) A player who plays very few hands ¹

13. Adjective. (poker) A strategy which involves playing very few hands ¹

14. Adverb. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily. ¹

15. Adverb. Soundly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tight

1. firmly or closely fixed in place [adj TIGHTER, TIGHTEST] : TIGHTLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tight

tigerism tigerisms tigerlike tigerly tigers tigerstripe tigerstripes tigerwood tigery tiges

tigged tigging tiggy tigh tighs tight (current term) tight-fisted tight-fitting tight-knit tight-laced

tight-lipped tight-lippedness tight-rope tight as a duck's arse tight as a tick tight end tight ends tight five tight fives tight junction

Literary usage of Tight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"The precise objection to the reissued specification is that it states that the tube which is to replace the driven rod is "made air-tight throughout its ..."

2. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"Whistling, humming, drinking, drumming, Light, tight, and airy ! TWAS at the town of nate Clogheen That Serjeant Snap met Paddy Carey ; A claner boy was ..."

3. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by William Randolph Hearst (1851)
"tight-LACING. It is a frequent matter of astonishment, why females should persist in tight-lacing when so much is said against it, and how it happens that ..."

4. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons, Marion Satterlee (1900)
"If one were only describing the attractive wild flowers, the stick-tight would certainly be omitted, as its appearance is not ..."

5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"Now, SIT tight THIS TIME, CHARLE? ... the tight-rope, at a dangerous elevation, were exhibitions of High Art, calculated rather to gratify, than to elevate ..."

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