tight
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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections
Definitions & Usage
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
(of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
(slang) Intoxicated; drunk.
(slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
(slang, Northern England, chiefly Liverpool) Mean; unfair; unkind.
(of time) Limited or restricted.
(obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
(obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
(poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.
(poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
(US, slang, motor racing) With understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.
(New York, slang) Angry or irritated.
(slang, vulgar) Of a person, having a tight vagina or anus.
Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
Soundly.
(obsolete) To make tight; tighten.
(obsolete, of a vessel) To make water-tight.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“England squeezed high and dominated the ball, penning Iceland back but the hosts kept the lines tight and it became clear that England would have to work for their openings.”
— 2020 September 5, David Hytner, “Raheem Sterling keeps his cool to see off Iceland amid blaze of late drama”, in The Guardian:
“And every single night when me da’ would come home tight he’d invite the neighbours out with this chorus.”
— c. 1930, Dominic Behan, “Come Out Ye Black and Tans”performed by The Wolfe Tones:
“I'm going to celebrate my divorce! And then I'm going to get tight.”
— 1940, Effie Butler, Misbehaving Husbands: