tight

[Tight]

Closely constrained or constricted or constricting

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p. p. of Tie.

Adjective S.
affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

Adjective S.
packed closely together; "the stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"

Adjective S.
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"

Adjective S.
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"

Adjective S.
very drunk

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Adjective S.
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"

Adjective S.
used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

Adjective
of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"

Adjective
closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"

Adjective S.
pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"

Adjective S.
securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight"

Adjective S.
of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"

Adjective S.
pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"

Adjective S.
set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"

Adverb
firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"

Adverb
in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"



of Tie


p. p. of Tie.

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

superl.
Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.

superl.
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

superl.
Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

superl.
Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.

superl.
Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

superl.
Handy; adroit; brisk.

superl.
Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

superl.
Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

v. t.
To tighten.


Tight

Tight , obs. p. p. of Tie. Spenser.

Tight

Tight, a. [Compar. Tighter ; superl. Tightest.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. 'c7ttr, Dan. t'91t, Sw. t'84t: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick. Cf. Taut.] 1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot. 2. Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight. 3. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment. 4. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Clad very plain, but clean and tight.
I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight.
5. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. [Colloq.] 6. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out. 7. Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obs.] Shak. 8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang] 9. (Com.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

Tight

Tight, v. t. To tighten. [Obs.]

p. p. of Tie.

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

To tighten.

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Usage Examples

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.

I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters.

I am very lucky, I have a very tight group of friends and a very supportive family, and to this date no-one has ever sold a story on me.

President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.

In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.

Call it loyalty, call it what you want, but I suppose I've got people up here who I'm really tight with, we've made a lot of great bonds over the last few years and I've got people in my corner I can trust.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.

He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam.

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Syria and Iran have always had a pretty tight relationship, and it looks to me like they just cooked up a press release to put out to sort of restate the obvious. They're both problem countries we know that. And this doesn't change anything.

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.

I probably have the worst wardrobe. It's the most ill-fitting with the worst patterns and colors and the most nipple rubbage. There's bad chafing, and it's always tight in all the wrong places. What's sad is that I'm kinda getting used to it.

Bob summed it up best when he was on his knees at the end of the night saying, 'Don't trust in Guided By Voices.' You were there was the show awful or something? I know it was sloppy, but they're not really that tight anyway, but was it embarrassing, was it sad?

I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, 'Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can.' If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment.

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