What is the meaning of TIGHT. Phrases containing TIGHT
See meanings and uses of TIGHT!Slangs & AI meanings
a) something that looks good, cool, or awesome. b) well organised c) grossly unfair d) a person or situation being cruel - e.g. teachers giving harsh punishments were 'tight'. e) drunk. f) cool, neat (ed: any advance on 6 definitions? That one word is like a little language on its own!)
Notoriously mean or "tight fisted" person, i.e. unwilling to part with cash even when it's their turn to pay. Can be used as adjective, as in "He's a tight-arsed git!".
Men's briefs; "Are you wearing tightie whities?" (ed: sorry - I just *cannot* see myself wandering into Target and asking where the 'tightie whities' are)
Tighten one's face is American slang for shut up, keep quiet.
  A meal. "To do a Tightener," to take a Meal.
Watertight. eg. "The hatch is closed tight."
Tightwad is American and Canadian slang for a stingy person; miser.
Tight is slang for to be frugal or not generous. Tight is slang for drunk.Tight is American slang for friendly, close.
Tight−arsed is slang for mean, stingy.
Tight−arse is slang for a mean, selfishly frugal person.
Tightlip is British slang for someone who can be trusted with a secret.
, (tite) adj., Good, cool, striking, appealing, trendy, great, amazing. “Your calculator is so tight.â€Â “My new year’s eve was tight.â€Â Also, interj., great, wonderful. “We’re going to the store. Tight!†Also: tighty whities, jockey underwear. [Etym., Hip hop]
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adv.
In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
a.
As tight as can be made by the hand.
a.
So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
superl.
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
v. t.
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
n.
The quality or condition of being tight.
a.
So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
v. t.
Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.
superl.
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
n.
One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
imp. & p. p.
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v. t.
To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
n.
That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.
v. t.
To tighten.
n.
A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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superl.
Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
a.
So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof.
n.
A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
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