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  • adjective Alternative form of tight-fitting.

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  • adjective fitting snugly

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Examples

  • His evening gowns with their cutaway silhouettes, tightfitting skirts or fluttering hemlines were decorated with feathers -- and then more feathers.

    Zac Posen, Hakaan Yildirim among designers outshone in the City of Light Robin Givhan 2010

  • During surgical procedures, doctors wear a tightfitting white cap, a sort of skullcap like one Alan Alda wears on M*A*S*H.

    The 7 Glenn Beck 2011

  • During surgical procedures, doctors wear a tightfitting white cap, a sort of skullcap like one Alan Alda wears on M*A*S*H.

    The 7 Glenn Beck 2011

  • I only wear pants if they are not tightfitting and covered to the knee with a nice flowing tunic, the asian style.

    Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009

  • I store it in a shaker-top spice jar with a tightfitting lid.

    Hints From Heloise 2010

  • Freddy 4-H'er: Little kid who raises and shows livestockWrangler Butt: A Freddy in tightfitting jeansJuicers: Dairy cattlePig Patrol: Officials who weigh swine before a competition to determine weight classWether report: Vital stats like weight and breed on lambs ( "" wethers '') reported to judges and the mediaConcrete cowboy: City slickers in boots and cowboy hats who turn out to watch

    At The Fair 2008

  • In the "sexual-meat-market exercise," women assume power positions and ask the men to flex their muscles, touch their toes or comment on a pair of tightfitting pants.

    Shrinking The Military 2008

  • Pour into a container with a tightfitting lid and refrigerate to store, up to 2 weeks.

    Celebrating Barbecue Dotty Griffith 2002

  • Once covered with a tightfitting sport shirt and even tighter jeans, no one could tell that P. T.'s muscular build was made of plastic foam.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

  • Once covered with a tightfitting sport shirt and even tighter jeans, no one could tell that P. T.'s muscular build was made of plastic foam.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

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