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adjective

Tight adj. (compar. tighter; superl. tightest)

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

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.

Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy. "Clad very plain, but clean and tight." "I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight."

Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. (Colloq.)

Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

Handy; adroit; brisk. (Obs.)

Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. (Slang)

(Com.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

verb

Tight v. t. To tighten. (Obs.)

Tight v. obs. P. p. of Tie.

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Etymology of 'Tight'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tight" Quotes from Famous Books

... apparently advanced in years, was stripped naked and bent over the block, in the shape of a horse-shoe, with his hands and feet closely pinioned to stakes, driven in the ground on each side. His feet were kept close together, and close up to the log, while he was drawn over, tight by the hands, which were spread open. Thus, with a rope around his neck, tied in a knot at the throat, with each end carried to the pinion where his hands were secured, his head and neck were drawn down to the tightest point. The very position was enough to have killed an ordinary human being ...

— Manuel Pereira • F. C. Adams

... the captain of the trading vessel to the supercargo, a week or so afterwards, "and that saucy Manhiki woman as usual with him, to see that he doesn't get drunk. The devil take such as her! There's no show of getting him tight." ...

— The Ebbing Of The Tide - South Sea Stories - 1896 • Louis Becke

... hand and looked in his face, astonished and overcome with gratitude for this unexpected welcome. The silence of the few minutes before was resumed, and every eye was riveted on Hamilton, who, perceiving from the tight grasp on his hand and the crimsoned countenance of Ferrers, his utter inability to speak, and being anxious to remove the insupportable feeling of awkwardness under which he felt sure he labored, continued, without ...

— Louis' School Days - A Story for Boys • E. J. May

... go tip-finger along the slender, lashing flourishes of the ironwork. By stretching your arm out tight you could reach the curlykew at the end. The short, steep flourish took you to the top of the railing and on ...

— Mary Olivier: A Life • May Sinclair

... said Dotty, slipping off half a dozen rings in haste. "There, I won't wear but just two—one on each thumb. Who wants the old watch? Tick's all out of it. You don't know, Prudy, how tight those rings fit. I could wear 'em on my forefinger, but I shan't, you make such ...

— Prudy Keeping House • Sophie May

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