1. tighter - Noun
2. tighter - Adjective
3. tighter - Adverb
A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie. Edith Wharton
I can make it through the rain, I can stand up once again, on my own, and I know, that I'm strong enough to mend, and every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith, and I live one more day and I make it through the rain. Mariah Carey
The Golden Straitjacket is the defining political-economic garment of globalization. [...] The tighter you wear it, the more gold it produces. Thomas Friedman
The older the goat the tighter the rope. Lithuanian Proverb
Tighter than a needle's eye. Arabic Proverb
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. Zen Proverb