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Tight

adjective

(compar. tighter; superl. tightest)

1.

Closely constrained or constricted or constricting. "He hated tight starched collars" , "Fingers closed in a tight fist" , "A tight feeling in his chest"

2.

Pulled or drawn tight. Synonym: taut. "A tight drumhead" , "A tight rope"

3.

Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration. "A tight blockade"

4.

Pressed tightly together. Synonym: compressed.

5.

(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. Synonyms: mean, mingy, miserly. "He left a miserly tip"

6.

Affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow. "A tight market"

7.

Of such close construction as to be impermeable. "Warm in our tight little house"

8.

Of textiles. Synonym: close. "Smooth percale with a very tight weave"

9.

Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid.

10.

(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched. Synonym: close. "A close election" , "A tight game"

11.

Very drunk. Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, wet.

12.

Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent. Synonym: nasty. "A good man to have on your side in a tight situation"

13.

Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures. Synonyms: rigorous, stringent. "Tight security" , "Stringent safety measures"

14.

Packed closely together. "Hair in tight curls" , "The pub was packed tight"

adverb

1.

Firmly or closely. Synonym: fast. "Her foot was stuck fast" , "Held tight"

2.

In an attentive manner. Synonyms: close, closely.

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"Tight" Quotes from Famous Books

... woman weeping in real earnest over the loss of her nose. "Never mind, I'll find it and fix it on for you," so saying she felt about for the nose till she found it, clapped it on to the old woman's face and told her to hold it tight and it would soon grow again. Then she sat down where she had sat before and began to lament the cruelty of her husband in bringing a false charge against her and challenged him to come out and see the miracle which had occurred to indicate her innocence. She repeated this so often that ...

— Folklore of the Santal Parganas • Cecil Henry Bompas

... arrival an old peasant woman was in the very act of scolding the soldiers, who to the number of two hundred and fifty (a whole company) filled to overflowing her modest lodgings, where it seemed to me half as many would have been a tight squeeze. It was naturally impossible for her to have an eye on all of them. In her distress she took me ...

— With Those Who Wait • Frances Wilson Huard

... on a board, sprinkle with salt and pepper, spread thickly with the dressing and roll up. Wind with soft cord to hold in place. Put three tablespoonfuls of pork fat in a frying pan and when very hot, dredge the roll with flour and brown it quickly on all sides. Place meat in kettle that has a tight fitting cover. Meanwhile, add to the fat in the pan two slices of minced onion, and one tablespoonful flour. Stir until very smooth, pour in a cupful of stock (or hot water) and when the gravy boils, pour over the roll with a pint of strained tomato. Season ...

— Stevenson Memorial Cook Book • Various

... "one of those figures which appear to one when he has the nightmare—a fat frog without legs, who opens his mouth as wide as his shoulders, like a carpet-bag, for each bit, so that I am obliged to hold tight on by the table from giddiness"; whether he characterizes his colleagues at the Frankfort Bundestag as "mere caricatures of periwig diplomatists, who at once put on their official visage if I merely beg of them a light to my cigar, and who ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. X. • Kuno Francke

... whom he chummed, and I fancy had hardly been known to speak to another woman, was suddenly perceived walking about the street with a large bouquet in his hand, his hair well oiled, his coat (generally so loose and comfortable-looking) buttoned tight to show off his figure; and then he took to sporting beautiful kid gloves, and even to dancing. He could not be persuaded to go on board at any cost, while he had never left his ship before, except for an occasional day's shooting. In short, he had fallen hopelessly ...

— Sketches From My Life - By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha • Hobart Pasha

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