Definition of tight

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Tight (superl.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7..

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Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
Tight :: Tight () p. p. of Tie.
Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Tights :: Tights (n. pl.) Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs..
Hermetically :: Hermetically (adv.) By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure..
Highty-tighty :: Highty-tighty (a.) Hoity-toity.
Tighten :: Tighten (v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..
Compartment :: Compartment (n.) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first..
Intense :: Intense (a.) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought..
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..
Well :: Well (v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market..
Nut :: Nut (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt..
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.
Desiccator :: Desiccator (n.) A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture..
Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet..
Air-tight :: Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
Tightening :: Tightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tighte.
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