Tight word meaning and definition

[adv] firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"
[adv] in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
[adjective] (economics) affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"
[adjective] packed closely together; "the stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"
[adjective] demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
[adjective] exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
[adjective] (slang) very drunk
[adjective] (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
[adjective] used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
[adjective] of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"
[adjective] closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"
[adjective] pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
[adjective] securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight"
[adjective] of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
[adjective] pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"
[adjective] set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"

\Tight\, obs. p. p. of {Tie}. --Spenser.
\Tight\, a. [Compar. {Tighter}; superl. {Tightest}.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ?[=e]ttr, Dan. t[ae]t, Sw. t["a]t: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick. Cf. {Taut}.] 1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot. 2. 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. 3. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment. 4. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy. Clad very plain, but clean and tight. --Evelyn. I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight. --Gay. 5. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. [Colloq.] 6. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out. 7. Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obs.] --Shak. 8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang] 9. (Com.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. {Easy}, 7.
\Tight\, v. t. To tighten. [Obs.]

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