tight : Idioms & Phrases

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air-tight

  • adjective satellite having no weak points
    airtight.
    • an airtight defense
    • an airtight argument
  • adjective satellite not allowing air or gas to pass in or out
    airtight; air-tight.
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Air"-tight` adjective
Definitions
  1. So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
Air"-tight` noun
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  1. A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. Colloq. U. S.
Webster 1913

gas-tight

  • adjective satellite not allowing air or gas to pass in or out
    airtight; air-tight.
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hand-tight

Hand"-tight` adjective
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  1. (Naut.) As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten.
Webster 1913

hold tight

  • verb hold firmly, usually with one's hands
    hold close; cling to; clutch.
    • She clutched my arm when she got scared
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hug-me-tight

  • noun a woman's fitted jacket
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light-tight

  • adjective satellite not penetrable by light
    lightproof.
    • lightproof containers
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rain-tight

Rain"-tight` adjective
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  1. So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.
Webster 1913

sit tight

  • verb maintain the same position; wait it out
    • Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight
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skin-tight

  • adjective satellite so tight as to cling to the skin
    skintight.
    • skintight jeans
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stick-tight

Stick"-tight` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Beggar's ticks.
Webster 1913

tight end

  • noun (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle
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tight fitting

  • adjective satellite fitting snugly
    tight fitting; skinny; tightfitting; tightly fitting.
    • a tightly-fitting cover
    • tight-fitting clothes
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tight money

  • noun the economic condition in which credit is difficult to secure and interest rates are high
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tight-fitting

  • adjective satellite fitting snugly
    tight fitting; skinny; tightfitting; tightly fitting.
    • a tightly-fitting cover
    • tight-fitting clothes
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tight-knit

  • adjective satellite closely and firmly integrated
    tightly knit.
    • a tight-knit organization
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tight-laced

  • adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
    puritanical; prissy; square-toed; straight-laced; straitlaced; strait-laced; victorian; prudish; prim; straightlaced; priggish.
    • my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
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water-tight

Wa"ter-tight` adjective
Definitions
  1. So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
Webster 1913