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adjective (tighter, tightest)
- Pushed or pulled together.
- My socks are too tight.
- Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
- The passageway was so we could barely get through.
- They flew in a formation.
- Under high tension.
- Make sure to pull the rope .
- Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
- Their marching band is extremely .
- (colloquial) Intimately friendly.
- We've grown tighter over the years.
- (slang) (archaic) Intoxicated; drunk.
- We went drinking and got .
- (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- That is one bicycle!
- (context, slang, usually, _, derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
- He's a bit with his money
- (colloquial) scarce, Scarce, hard to come by.
- I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very , but we made do.
- (poker) A player who plays very few hands
- (poker) A strategy which involves playing very few hands
Translations: - French: tendu , tendue
- Italian: teso , tesa
adverb
- Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
- Make sure the lid is closed .
- Soundly.
- Good night, sleep tight.
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