highty-tighty

[ hahy-tee-tahy-tee ]

/ ˈhaɪ tiˈtaɪ ti /

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adjective, noun

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Words nearby highty-tighty

high time, high-toned, high-top, high tops, high treason, highty-tighty, high-up, highveld, high-voltage, highwall, high water

How to use highty-tighty in a sentence

Beckham was filmed performing stretches and then stripping to his tighty whities (OK, bluies) for the midrange clothing brand.
No Butt Double This Time as Beckham Strips for New H&M Ad|Tom Sykes|October 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
[The Telegraph] Walter White's Tighty Whities: AMC is putting Breaking Bad character Walter White's underwear up for auction.
Miley Cyrus Wears Black Pasties; Naomi Campbell May Score Her Own Talk Show|The Fashion Beast Team|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Zac Efron spends a good portion of ‘The Paperboy,’ in theaters Friday, in his tighty whities.
Zac Efron, Tom Cruise & More Actors in Their Tighty Whities (VIDEO)|Mike Munoz|October 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Weve got to live somehow, and if you get a good job stick to it, say Inone of your highty flighty notions.
Chains|Elizabeth Baker

And now you see what she is—hands off, highty-tighty, high and mighty, an empress couldn't be grander.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.|W. M. Thackeray
But I guess ther won't be no dancin' nor highty-tighty dewin's.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)|Various
It's 'nough to make one's blood run cold to see the highty-tighty airs that woman puts on.
The Puddleford Papers,|H. H. Riley
But this going about on your own, this highty-flighty go-as-you-please,—no man on earth who's worth calling a man will stand it.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells