Main entry: tight
Definition: affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
Usage: tight money; a tight market
Main entry: tight
Definition: packed closely together
Usage: they stood in a tight little group; hair in tight curls; the pub was packed tight
Main entry: tight, stringent, rigorous
Definition: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
Usage: rigorous discipline; tight security; stringent safety measures
Definition: exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
Usage: a nasty problem; a good man to have on your side in a tight situation
Main entry: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, stiff, tight, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, wet, squiffy, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, crocked
Definition: very drunk
Definition: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
Usage: a close contest; a close election; a tight game
Main entry: mingy, miserly, mean, tight
Definition: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
Usage: a mean person; he left a miserly tip
Main entry: tight
Definition: of such close construction as to be impermeable
Usage: a tight roof; warm in our tight little house
Main entry: tight
Definition: closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Usage: tight skirts; he hated tight starched collars; fingers closed in a tight fist; a tight feeling in his chest
Main entry: compressed, tight
Definition: pressed tightly together
Usage: with lips compressed
Main entry: tight
Definition: securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
Usage: the bolts are tight
Definition: of textiles
Usage: a close weave; smooth percale with a very tight weave
Definition: pulled or drawn tight
Usage: taut sails; a tight drumhead; a tight rope
Main entry: tight
Definition: set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
Usage: in tight formation; a tight blockade
Definition: firmly or closely
Usage: held fast to the rope; her foot was stuck fast; held tight
Main entry: tight, close, closely
Definition: in an attentive manner
Usage: he remained close on his guard