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Tight

//taɪt// adj, adv, verb, slang

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Adjective

1
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
"a tight sponge; a tight knot"
2
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Unyielding or firm.
"tight control on a situation"
3
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Under high tension; taut.
"Make sure to pull the rope tight."
4
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Scarce, hard to come by. colloquial
"I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very tight, but we made do."
5
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Intimate, close, close-knit, intimately friendly. figuratively, informal
"We've grown tighter over the years."

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6
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Miserly or frugal. derogatory, figuratively, slang, usually
"He's a bit tight with his money."
7
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Short of money. slang
"I started gambling when you were about four. Your mom and I were pretty tight for cash and I thought what the heck, it could get us some quick money."
8
Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
"The passageway was so tight we could barely get through."
9
Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.; Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
"tight clothing; a tight coat; My socks are too tight."
10
Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.; Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
"The mountain pass was made dangerous by its many tight corners."
11
Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.; Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
"He reported the hull was tight and secure and did not leak a drop."
12
Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.; Close, very similar in a value such as score or time.
"Frank ended up fourth in a tight finish, only three-quarter of a length from first money."
13
Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
"Their marching band is extremely tight."
14
Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.; Not conceding many goals.
"The odd thing was that Sunderland made the better start and showed early signs that they might pose serious problems to the Premier League’s tightest defence."
15
Intoxicated; drunk. slang
"We went drinking and got tight."
16
Extraordinarily great or special. slang
"That is one tight bicycle!"
17
Mean; unfair; unkind. Northern-England, slang
"Reilly: Ey, Miss, hang on, hang on... can we come with y', Miss? Can we? Digga: Go on, Miss, don't be tight, let's come."
18
Limited or restricted.
"We had a very tight schedule."
19
Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy. obsolete
"clad very plain, but clean and tight"
20
Handy; adroit; brisk. obsolete
"[S]ince we've sailed together, I've been conning over in my mind that the company of such miserable thieves and robbers was not to your liking, and would not suit such a tight lad with as good larning ^([sic]) as yourself."
21
Of a player, who plays very few hands.
22
Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
23
With understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars. US, slang
24
Angry or irritated. New-York, slang
""I was trying to be like a lady, but y'all be getting me tight!""
25
Of a person, having a tight vagina or anus. slang, vulgar
"She was much tighter than he thought she would be. It had been a while since she had anything but oral sex she had an adrenaline rush as she heart began to pound."

Adjective

1
affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow wordnet
2
packed closely together wordnet
3
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures wordnet
4
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent wordnet
5
very drunk wordnet

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6
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched wordnet
7
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity wordnet
8
of such close construction as to be impermeable wordnet
9
closely constrained or constricted or constricting wordnet
10
pressed tightly together wordnet
11
securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid wordnet
12
of textiles wordnet
13
pulled or drawn tight wordnet
14
set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration wordnet

Adverb

1
Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
"Hold on tight to the rope."
2
Soundly.
"Good night, sleep tight."

Adverb

1
firmly or closely wordnet
2
in an attentive manner wordnet

Verb

1
To make tight; tighten. obsolete
2
To make water-tight. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English tight, tyght, tyȝt, tiht, variants of thight, thiht, from Old English *þiht, *þīht (attested in meteþiht), from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tenkt- (“dense, thick, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, pull”). Cognate with Scots ticht, West Frisian ticht, Danish tæt, Icelandic þéttur (“dense”), Norwegian tett, Swedish tät, Dutch dicht (“dense”), German dicht (“dense”). The current form with t- /t/ rather than etymologically-expected th- /θ/ arose in Middle English under the influence of the etymologically-unrelated verbs tighten and tight, which come from a different Proto-Indo-European root (starting with *d- and thus regularly having t-).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Middle English tighten, thyhten (“to make tight”); see tighten.

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