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tight
[tahyt]
adjective -er, -est, adverb, -er, -est.–adjective
| 1. | firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot. |
| 2. | drawn or stretched so as to be tense; taut. |
| 3. | affording little or no extra room; fitting closely, esp. too closely: a tight collar. |
| 4. | difficult to deal with or manage: to be in a tight situation. |
| 5. | of such close or compacted texture, or fitted together so closely, as to be impervious to water, air, steam, etc.: a good, tight roof. |
| 6. | concise; terse: a tight style of writing. |
| 7. | firm; rigid: his tight control of the company. |
| 8. | carefully arranged or organized and full; affording little leeway; compact: a tight schedule. |
| 9. | nearly even; close: a tight race. |
| 10. | Informal.
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| 11. | parsimonious; stingy. |
| 12. | Slang. drunk; tipsy. |
| 13. | characterized by scarcity or eager demand; costly; limited; restricted: a tight job market; tight money. |
| 14. | Journalism. (of a newspaper) having more news available than is required for or utilizable in a particular issue. |
| 15. | Baseball. inside (def. 18). |
| 16. | Scot. and North England. competent or skillful. |
| 17. | tidy. |
| 18. | neatly or well built or made. |
–adverb
—Idiom| 19. | in a tight manner; closely; firmly; securely; tensely: Shut the door tight. The shirt fit tight across the shoulders. |
| 20. | soundly or deeply: to sleep tight. |
| 21. | sit tight, to take no action. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME, sandhi var. of ME thight dense, solid, tight < ON thēttr (c. OE -thiht firm, solid, D, G dicht tight, close, dense)
1400–50; late ME, sandhi var. of ME thight dense, solid, tight < ON thēttr (c. OE -thiht firm, solid, D, G dicht tight, close, dense)

Related forms:
tightly, adverb
tightness, noun
Synonyms:
11. close, niggardly, mean, grasping, frugal, sparing.
11. close, niggardly, mean, grasping, frugal, sparing.
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Tight
Tight\, obs. p. p. of Tie. --Spenser.Tight
Tight\, a. [Compar. Tighter; superl. Tightest.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ?[=e]ttr, Dan. t[ae]t, Sw. t["a]t: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick. Cf. Taut.]1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot. 2. 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. 3. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment. 4. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy. Clad very plain, but clean and tight. --Evelyn. I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight. --Gay. 5. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. [Colloq.] 6. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out. 7. Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obs.] --Shak. 8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang] 9. (Com.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.Tight
Tight\, v. t. To tighten. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : tight
Spanish:
apretado; estrecho,
German:
fest, eng,
Japanese:
きつい
tight
c.1435, "dense, close, compact," from M.E. thight, from O.N. þettr "watertight, close in texture, solid," from P.Gmc. *thenkhtuz (cf. second element in O.E. meteþiht "stout from eating;" M.H.G. dihte "dense, thick," Ger. dicht "dense, tight," O.H.G. gidigan, Ger. gediegen "genuine, solid, worthy"), from PIE base *tenk- "to become firm, curdle, thicken" (cf. Ir. techt "curdled, coagulated," Lith. tankus "close, tight," Pers. tang "tight," Skt. tanakti "draws together, contracts"). Sense of "drawn, stretched" is from 1576; meaning "fitting closely" (as of garments) is from 1779; that of "evenly matched" (of a contest, bargain, etc.) is from 1828, Amer.Eng.; that of "drunk" is from 1830; that of "close, sympathetic" is from 1956. Tightrope is recorded from 1801. Tight-assed "unwilling to relax" is attested from 1903. Tight-laced is recorded from 1741 in both the lit. and fig. senses. Tight-lipped is first attested 1876.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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tight
In addition to the idioms beginning with tight, also see in a bind (tight corner); sit tight.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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