Tight

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Fixed or fastened firmly in place: a tight lid; tight screws; a tight knot.
  • adj. Stretched or drawn out fully: a tight wire; a tight drumhead.
  • adj. Of such close construction as to be impermeable: cloth tight enough to hold water; warm in our tight little cabin.
  • adj. Leaving little empty space through compression; compact: a tight suitcase; a tight weave.
  • adj. Affording little spare time; full: a tight schedule.
  • adj. Closely reasoned or concise: a tight argument; a tight style of writing.
  • adj. Fitting close or too close to the skin; snug: a tight collar; a fit that was much too tight.
  • adj. Slang Personally close; intimate: "me and the D.A., who happen to be very tight with one another” ( Tom Wolfe).
  • adj. Experiencing a feeling of constriction: a tight feeling in the chest.
  • adj. Reluctant to spend or give; stingy.
  • adj. Obtainable with difficulty or only at a high price: tight money.
  • adj. Affected by scarcity: a tight market.
  • adj. Difficult to deal with or get out of: a tight spot.
  • adj. Barely profitable: a tight bargain.
  • adj. Closely contested; close: a tight match.
  • adj. Chiefly British Neat and trim in appearance or arrangement.
  • adj. Marked by full control over elements or subordinates; firm: tight management; a tight orchestral performance.
  • adj. Slang Intoxicated; drunk.
  • adj. Baseball Inside.
  • ad. Firmly; securely.
  • ad. Soundly: sleep tight.
  • ad. Snugly or with constriction: My shoes are laced too tight.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pushed or pulled together.
  • adj. Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
  • adj. Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
  • adj. Under high tension.
  • adj. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
  • adj. Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
  • adj. Intimately friendly.
  • adj. Extraordinarily great or special.
  • adj. Unfair; unkind.
  • adj. Miserly or frugal.
  • adj. Scarce, hard to come by.
  • adj. A player who plays very few hands
  • adj. A strategy which involves playing very few hands
  • ad. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
  • ad. Soundly.
  • v. To tighten.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • p. p. of tie.
  • adj. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open
  • adj. Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; ; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound
  • adj. Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
  • adj. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
  • adj. Close; parsimonious; saving.
  • adj. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
  • adj. Handy; adroit; brisk.
  • adj. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
  • adj. Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
  • v. To tighten.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 12. In billiards: Noting balls that are fast, or frozen to each other.
  • Noting pockets that are small for the diameter of the balls.
  • 13. See the extract.
  • Close or closely compacted in texture or structure.
  • Hence Trim; tidy; neat.
  • Expert; handy; skilful; adroit; capable.
  • Close; firm; as, a tight grasp; a tight knot.
  • Close-fitting; especially, fitting too closely because too small, narrow, or the like: as, a tight shoe; a tight coat.
  • Close-fisted; narrow; niggardly; parsimonious: as, a man tight in his dealings.
  • Tense; taut; strained or stretched so as to leave no slack: as, a tight rope.
  • Produced by or requiring great straining or exertion; severe: as, to get through by a tight pull; specifically, in medicine, noting a cough accompanied with a painful sense of constriction, and without expectoration; racking; hacking.
  • Scarce; not easily obtained or obtainable, because held firmly or tied up in some way: applied to money; hence, straitened for want of money: as, a tight money-market. [Commercial slang.]
  • Under the influence of strong drink; intoxicated; tipsy; “full.”
  • Noting the condition of the cutting edge of a saw as condensed by hammering. Also small.
  • To make tight; tighten.
  • See tite.
  • An old preterit of tie.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. in an attentive manner
  • adj. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
  • adj. securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
  • adj. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
  • adj. pulled or drawn tight
  • adj. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  • adj. closely constrained or constricted or constricting
  • adj. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
  • adj. of textiles
  • adj. of such close construction as to be impermeable
  • adj. very drunk
  • ad. firmly or closely
  • adj. packed closely together
  • adj. pressed tightly together
  • adj. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  • adj. set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
  • Equivalent
    scarce    secure    equal    tense    stingy    ungenerous    close-fitting    snug    viselike    clenched   
    Cross Reference
    compact    firm    narrow    impassable    stingy    closed    tight cooper    in a tight box    tight rope   
    Variant
    tie   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    compact    whole    neat    tidy    close    parsimonious    saving    taut    handy    adroit   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bright    Dwight    Knight    Night    White    Wight    Wright    alight    allright    alright   
    Unknown
    Memes   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    thin    stiff    loose    hard    neat