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Definition tight

Etymology

From Middle English tight, tyght, ty?t, tiht, variants of thight, thiht, from Old English *þ?ht, *þiht (attested in meteþiht) and Old Norse þéttr, both from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tenkt- (“dense, thick, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, pull”). Cognate with Scots ticht, West Frisian ticht, Danish tæt, Icelandic þéttur (“dense”), Norwegian tett, Swedish tät, Dutch dicht (“dense”), German dicht (“dense”).

Adjective

tight (comparative tighter, superlative tightest)

1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
   1. Unyielding or firm.
   2. Under high tension; taut.
   3. (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.
   4. (colloquial, figuratively) Intimately friendly.
   5. (slang, figuratively, usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
2. (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
   1. Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
   2. Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
   3. Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
3. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
   1. (sports) Not conceding many goals.
4. (slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
5. (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
6. (slang, British (regional)) Mean; unfair; unkind.
7. (obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
8. (obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
9. (poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
10. (poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Adverb

tight (comparative tighter, superlative tightest)

1. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
2. Soundly.

Verb

tight (third-person singular simple present tights, present participle tighting, simple past and past participle tighted)

1. (obsolete) To tighten.

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