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UK
/tˈɔːt/
]
[ US /ˈtɔt/ ]
[ US /ˈtɔt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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pulled or drawn tight
a tight drumhead
a tight rope
taut sails -
subjected to great tension; stretched tight
the skin of his face looked drawn and tight
her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow
How To Use taut In A Sentence
- Normally, at times likes these, Montgomerie's nerves are so taut that it would be possible to play a guitar solo on them.
- He pressed his palm against Rob's chest, felt his heart beating slowly beneath the smooth, tanned skin and taut muscles.
- This is a taut, tense and thrilling two hours, supercharged with some serious star power. The Sun
- The skin of her cheeks tautened.
- Leinsdorf shows unwonted impetuosity in his approach to tempos, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, while not consistently as refined as it could be, plays the music tautly.
- These structures are called tautomers, which exist in dynamic equilibrium with each other.
- By the time the sloop's deck was perpendicular, we had unbent the boom-lift from below, made it fast to the wharf, and, with the other end fast nearly to the mast-head, heaved it taut with block and tackle. SMALL-BOAT SAILING
- He kept his eyes on the road ahead, his face taut with concentration.
- Two strands of thread are crossed over the desired area and pulled taut, cutting the hairs in perfect symmetry. The Sun
- He makes the point that reduplicative is really tautologous - ‘duplicative’ would have been sufficient, if it were a noun.
