tight
Speech parts
1. tight - Adjective
2. tight - Verb
3. tight - Adverb
5. tight - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of Tie
p. p. of Tie.
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
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.
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
Handy; adroit; brisk.
Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
To tighten.
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Examples
If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark.
Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. quoted by Og Mandino.
Borrowed clothes are either too tight or too loose.
Trust in God - but tie your camel tight.
Don't put too tight a ring on your finger.