Tight Meaning

There are 16 meaning(s) for word Tight

Meaning 1 : very drunk

    Synonyms : besotted,  blind drunk,  blotto,  cockeyed,  crocked,  fuddled,  loaded,  pie-eyed,  pissed,  pixilated,  plastered,  slopped,  sloshed,  smashed,  soaked,  soused,  sozzled,  squiffy,  stiff,  wet
Meaning 2 : of textiles

    Example : smooth percale with a very tight weave

    Synonyms : close
Meaning 3 : (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

    Synonyms : mean,  mingy,  miserly
Meaning 4 : demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

    Example : tight security

    Synonyms : rigorous,  stringent
Meaning 5 : in an attentive manner

    Synonyms : close,  closely
Meaning 6 : pressed tightly together

    Synonyms : compressed
Meaning 7 : firmly or closely

    Example : held tight

    Synonyms : fast
Meaning 8 : pulled or drawn tight

    Example : a tight drumhead,a tight rope

    Synonyms : taut
Meaning 9 : exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

    Example : a good man to have on your side in a tight situation

    Synonyms : nasty
Meaning 10 : (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched

    Example : a tight game

    Synonyms : close
Meaning 11 : affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow

    Example : tight money,a tight market

Meaning 12 : closely constrained or constricted or constricting

    Example : tight skirts,he hated tight starched collars,fingers closed in a tight fist,a tight feeling in his chest

Meaning 13 : of such close construction as to be impermeable

    Example : a tight roof,warm in our tight little house

Meaning 14 : packed closely together

    Example : they stood in a tight little group,hair in tight curls,the pub was packed tight

Meaning 15 : securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid

    Example : the bolts are tight

Meaning 16 : set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration

    Example : in tight formation,a tight blockade

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How to Pronounce Tight

  • taɪt