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UK
/tˈaɪt/
]
[ US /ˈtaɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈtaɪt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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pulled or drawn tight
a tight drumhead
a tight rope
taut sails - very drunk
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closely constrained or constricted or constricting
tight skirts
a tight feeling in his chest
he hated tight starched collars
fingers closed in a tight fist -
securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
the bolts are tight -
of such close construction as to be impermeable
warm in our tight little house
a tight roof -
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
a tight game
a close election
a close contest -
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
stringent safety measures
rigorous discipline
tight security -
of textiles
a close weave
smooth percale with a very tight weave -
affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
a tight market
tight money -
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
a mean person
he left a miserly tip -
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
a good man to have on your side in a tight situation
a nasty problem -
set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
in tight formation
a tight blockade -
pressed tightly together
with lips compressed -
packed closely together
they stood in a tight little group
hair in tight curls
the pub was packed tight
ADVERB
-
firmly or closely
her foot was stuck fast
held fast to the rope
held tight -
in an attentive manner
he remained close on his guard
How To Use tight In A Sentence
- Begin by tightening your buttocks and lifting your hips off the floor.
- Receiving the round initial in the third quarter, the Rams would put together the 10-play, 61-yard expostulate immoderate 5 mins as great as finishing it off with the 6-yard TD pass from Stefkovich to So, TE, Joe Migliarese (Blue Bell, Pa.) to tighten the measure to twenty-nine twenty-eight TU. Archive 2009-12-01
- Nakamura even gives them a bit of an Odd Couple twist: Buddha is frugal and kind of uptight; Jesus goes with the flow. License request day: Saint Young Men
- Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
- The more Tim drank the more tightly Margaret held on to the security of upper-middle-class values. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
- He tugged at the neck of his turtleneck sweater feeling like it was a noose tightening with each attack.
- There followed a series of tightly circumscribed visits to military installations.
- Deirdre cast him one last look, then shut her eyes tight.
- It is the failure of the diaphragmatic pinchcock to open, as in the normal deglutitory cycle, rather than a spasmodic tightness, that obstructs the food. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- Adam was getting the feeling that money was tight for her.
