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Highty-tighty :: Highty-tighty (a.) Hoity-toity.

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship..

Fit :: Fit (n.) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.

Tights :: Tights (n. pl.) Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs..

Ferrule :: Ferrule (n.) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth..

Rain-tight :: Rain-tight (a.) So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof..

Garrote :: Garrote (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted..

Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight..

Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight..

Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.

Brace :: Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.

Tighter :: Tighter (n.) A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.

Tense :: Tense (a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber..

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