Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Fixed or fastened firmly in place.
- adjective Stretched or drawn out fully.
- adjective Of such close construction as to be impermeable.
- adjective Leaving little empty space through compression; compact.
- adjective Affording little spare time; full.
- adjective Closely reasoned or concise.
- adjective Fitting close or too close to the skin; snug.
- adjective Slang Personally close; intimate.
- adjective Experiencing a feeling of constriction.
- adjective Reluctant to spend or give; stingy.
- adjective Obtainable with difficulty or only at a high price.
- adjective Affected by scarcity.
- adjective Difficult to deal with or get out of.
- adjective Barely profitable.
- adjective Closely contested; close.
- adjective Chiefly British Neat and trim in appearance or arrangement.
- adjective Marked by full control over elements or subordinates; firm.
- adjective Slang Intoxicated; drunk.
- adjective Baseball Inside.
- adverb Firmly; securely.
- adverb Soundly.
- adverb Snugly or with constriction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- To make tight; tighten.
- See
tite . - An old preterit of
tie . - 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 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
tie . - transitive verb obsolete To tighten.
- adjective Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open
- adjective 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
- adjective Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
- adjective Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
- adjective colloq. Close; parsimonious; saving.
- adjective Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
- adjective obsolete Handy; adroit; brisk.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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John's mind had to speculate vaguely whether or not Desmond knew the nature of the tight place -- _tight_ was such a very descriptive adjective -- out of which he had pulled Scaife.
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John's mind had to speculate vaguely whether or not Desmond knew the nature of the tight place -- _tight_ was such a very descriptive adjective -- out of which he had pulled Scaife.
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Rita Moran was waiting for him, her expression tight with anger and frustration.
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As they get exposed over to the California coastline, we're going to see what we refer to as a tight pressure gradient.
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JOHNSON: One of the things that's important as you are going out networking and talking to people, really being able to have what I call a tight and skinny 30-second pitch.
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This will help your line remain tight, which is important for detecting takes and for quick, effective strikes with both lures and flies.
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That means it's had what we call a tight trading range in Wall Street parlance making Coca-Cola our stock of the week.
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He was in build what they call a tight little fellow; short, dark, with a warm colour, and that upright set of the head and chest, that flaunting way in movement recalling
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He smiled at her, but his face was drawn, his expression tight.
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He smiled at her, but his face was drawn, his expression tight.
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