taut-ship
originally and chiefly Nautical
adjective
Strict, severe, disciplinarian.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Time.
- super PAC
- superparamagnetic
- superparamagnetic limit
- superparamagnetism
- superparasite
- superparasitic
- superparasitism
- superparticular
- superparticularity
- superpartient
- superpartner
- superperson
- superpersonal
- superpersonalism
- superpersonality
- superphosphate
- superphysical
- superpipe
- superplanetary
- superplastic
- superplasticiser
- superplasticity
- superplasticizer
- superplume
- superplus