What is the meaning of TIGHT. Phrases containing TIGHT
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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!".
Tighten one's face is American slang for shut up, keep quiet.
Tightlip is British slang for someone who can be trusted with a secret.
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!)
Tight is slang for to be frugal or not generous. Tight is slang for drunk.Tight is American slang for friendly, close.
, (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]
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)
  A meal. "To do a Tightener," to take a Meal.
Tightwad is American and Canadian slang for a stingy person; miser.
Watertight. eg. "The hatch is closed tight."
Tight−arse is slang for a mean, selfishly frugal person.
Tight−arsed is slang for mean, stingy.
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n.
The quality or condition of being tight.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
v. t.
To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
v. t.
To tighten.
a.
So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof.
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.
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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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.
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.
v. t.
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
adv.
In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
n.
That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.
a.
As tight as can be made by the hand.
superl.
Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
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So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
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