tight
/taɪt/
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; not loose or open.
- comparative
- tighter
- superlative
- tightest
Meanings
- 1
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open
My shoes are too tight.
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Tom likes to wear tight clothes.
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- 2
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Unyielding or firm
- 3
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Under high tension; taut
- 4
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Scarce, hard to come by
- 5
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Intimate, close, close-knit, intimately friendly
- 6
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Miserly or frugal
- 7
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.; Short of money
- 8
Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it
- 9
Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.; Fitting close, or too close, to the body
- 10
Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.; Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult