Definitions for tight-lipped

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Spelling: [tahyt-lipt]
IPA: /ˈtaɪtˈlɪpt/

Tight-Lipped is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 282 anagrams from letters in tight-lipped (-deghiilpptt).

Definitions for tight-lipped

adjective

  1. speaking very little; taciturn; close-mouthed.
  2. having the lips drawn tight.

Origin of tight-lipped

First recorded in 1875-80

Examples for tight-lipped

I chased a tight-lipped Thain as he scurried through the lobby to get back to his headquarters.

Her protagonists are tight-lipped and their worlds are sharply-observed.

It was the face of a Roman mother, tight-lipped, brown-eyed, and fierce.

Tense and tight-lipped Mryna Brill slipped aboard the god-car.

Traditionally, the FAA has been tight-lipped about its relations with airplane manufacturers during accident investigations.

To them all he was a closed book, tight-lipped, a mask of brooding care.

But on the question of how he was identified and tracked, the officials were tight-lipped.

In a tight-lipped rage he issued a proclamation and sent it after them.

He found Jake and Coffin in tight-lipped conference when he reached the lab.

The actress is tight-lipped about the final season of ‘Mad Men.’

Word Value for tight-lipped
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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