1. firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.

2. drawn or stretched so as to be tense; taut.

3. affording little or no extra room; fitting closely, esp. too closely: a tight collar.

4. difficult to deal with or manage: to be in a tight situation.

5. of such close or compacted texture, or fitted together so closely, as to be impervious to water, air, steam, etc.: a good, tight roof.

6. concise; terse: a tight style of writing.

7. firm; rigid: his tight control of the company.

8. carefully arranged or organized and full; affording little leeway; compact: a tight schedule.

9. nearly even; close: a tight race.

10. Informal.

a. close, as friends; familiar or intimate.

b. united: The strikers are tight in their refusal to accept the proposed contract.

11. parsimonious; stingy.

12. Slang. drunk; tipsy.

13. characterized by scarcity or eager demand; costly; limited; restricted: a tight job market; tight money.

14. Journalism. (of a newspaper) having more news available than is required for or utilizable in a particular issue.

15. Baseball. inside (def. 18).

16. Scot. and North England. competent or skillful.

17. tidy.

18. neatly or well built or made.

–adverb

19. in a tight manner; closely; firmly; securely; tensely: Shut the door tight. The shirt fit tight across the shoulders.

20. soundly or deeply: to sleep tight.

—Idiom

21. sit tight, to take no action.

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1. extremely uncomfortable

2. slang for ‘won’t spend money’.

3. drunk

4. squeezing too much stuff into a zippered suit case – and the zipper breaks – means the stuff was too TIGHT for the suitcase.

5. When a person buys a pair of shoes – she should buy size 8 but vanity tells her that she wants to wear a size 7 – then her

shoes would be too TIGHT for her feet.

tight fisted.

a headband to the tenderheaded

a size 6 shoes for me (I’m size 8.5)

Pristine

Desirable

Intoxicated

Undesirable