Definitions for tight

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tight tight

Spelling: [tahyt]

IPA: /taɪt/

Tight is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in tight (ghitt).

Definitions for tight

Idioms

1. sit tight, to take no action.

adverb

1. in a tight manner; closely; firmly; securely; tensely:
2. soundly or deeply:

adjective

1. firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure:
2. drawn or stretched so as to be tense; taut.
3. affording little or no extra room; fitting closely, especially too closely:
4. difficult to deal with or manage:
5. of such close or compacted texture, or fitted together so closely, as to be impervious to water, air, steam, etc.:
6. concise; terse:
7. firm; rigid:
8. carefully arranged or organized and full; affording little leeway; compact:
9. nearly even; close:
10. Informal. close, as friends; familiar or intimate. united:
11. parsimonious; stingy.
12. Slang. amazing; cool:
13. Older Slang. drunk; tipsy.
14. characterized by scarcity or eager demand; costly; limited; restricted:
15. Journalism. (of a newspaper) having more news available than is required for or utilizable in a particular issue.
16. Baseball. inside (def 18).
17. Scot. and North England. competent or skillful.
18. tidy.
19. neatly or well built or made.

Origin of tight

1400-50; late Middle English, sandhi variant of Middle English thight dense, solid, tight Old Norse thēttr (cognate with Old English -thiht firm, solid, Dutch, German dicht tight, close, dens

Examples for tight

And that means they also fall under the umbrella of programs most likely to get the axe when state and federal budgets are tight.

You never know what hold you really have until you get in a tight place.

Linda suddenly gathered her friend in her arms and held her tight.

He dropped and I felt a tight surge in my stomach that ran all the way up to my jaw.

His grasp did not bruise, it did not seem to be tight; but the hand that held it was immovable.

His uniform was too tight and was wrapped around his doughy body like cellophane.

We were both down, with our faces in the snow, and I held him tight.

Weirich said whenever she saw Fox, she was wearing something too tight.

Screwed the top on tight, which would make the connection, and then forgot the time.

LePage owed his election in 2010 to a split opposition, as he won a tight three-way race over Cutler and Democrat Libby Mitchell.