Tight

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- ·p.p. of Tie.

II. Tight ·superl Handy; adroit; brisk.

III. Tight ·- of Tie.

IV. Tight ·superl Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

V. Tight ·superl Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

VI. Tight ·vt To Tighten.

VII. Tight ·superl Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.

VIII. Tight ·superl Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

IX. Tight ·superl Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

X. Tight ·superl Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear;

— said of money or the money market. ·cf. Easy, 7.

XI. Tight ·superl Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut;

— applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

XII. Tight ·superl 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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