tight¹ /tīt/

1. Close
2. Compact
3. Close-fitting
4. Too close-fitting
5. Cramped
6. (of a schedule, timetable, etc) allowing little space, time or opportunity for deviation from plan
7. (of a situation) difficult or dangerous
8. (of a contest) closely fought
9. (of style) concise
10. Taut, not slack
11. (of eg control) very firm, strict
12. Precise
13. Under control
14. Firmly fixed
15. Impervious, not leaky, proof
16. Trim
17. Neat
18. Snug
19. Competent
20. Hampered or characterized by lack of money
21. (of money or a commodity) scarce, hard to obtain
22. Unwilling to part with money, miserly (informal)
23. Intoxicated (informal)
24. (of a person, muscle, etc) showing tension, taut, not relaxed (informal)
25. (of a team of people) working or performing well together, well-co-ordinated
26. Denoting play in set scrums and line-outs (rugby)

1. Tightly
2. Soundly

Tight play

Signifying proof against or impervious to the thing specified

tightˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb

(sometimes with up) to make or grow tight or tighter

tightˈener noun

1. A person or thing that tightens
2. A tensor (anatomy)
3. A heavy meal (slang)

tightˈish adjective

tightˈishly adverb

tightˈly adverb

tightˈness noun

tights plural noun

1. A close-fitting garment, often made of nylon, covering the lower part of the body and the legs esp as worn by women and girls as an alternative to stockings
2. Close-fitting men's breeches (historical)

tight arse or (N American) tight ass noun (slang)

1. A mean, tight-fisted person
2. An excessively conservative or repressed person

tight end noun (American football)

A player who is positioned at the outside of the offensive line

tightˈ-fisted adjective (informal)

Stingy

tight-head prop noun (rugby)

The prop forward on the right of the front row of the scrum in either team

tight junction noun (biology)

A junction between epithelial cells where the membranes are in close contact, with no intervening intercellular space

tight-knitˈ or tightly-knitˈ adjective

1. Close-knit
2. Closely integrated
3. Tightly organized

tight-laceˈ transitive verb and intransitive verb

(of clothing) to tie tightly, so compressing the waist

tight-lacedˈ or tightˈ-lace adjective

Strait-laced

tight-lāˈcer noun

tight-lāˈcing noun

Compression of the waist by tight clothes

tightˈ-lipped adjective

Uncommunicative

tightˈrope noun

1. A taut rope or wire on which feats of balancing and acrobatics are performed
2. A middle course between dangerous or undesirable alternatives (figurative)

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