tight-lipped
speaking very little; taciturn; close-mouthed.
having the lips drawn tight.
Origin of tight-lipped
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How to use tight-lipped in a sentence
Major League Baseball, though, is still being tight-lipped about what the end of the embargo might mean for the sport.
Is Major League Baseball Ready For Cuba’s Players? | Ben Jacobs | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMissy also gets a bit tight-lipped when it comes to her personal life.
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Is Elisabeth Moss the One 'True Detective' Loves? She Doesn't Deny It. | Melissa Leon | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEverybody involved in assisting the Malaysians has been very tight-lipped about what is going on.
Still, not everyone was as tight lipped about poverty on the lower rungs of ladder as Obama was.
Most of these were workmen of some kind or other, called in to help the lab crew as needed, but all of them were tight-lipped.
Security | Poul William AndersonA slightly sardonic grimace wrinkled his tight-lipped mouth.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairThen, very tight-lipped, he issued out beneath the awning, where among the Malays a whispering buzz of talk was forward.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandHe gave not only Jack's lilt and phraseology, but his facial changes and rather prim, tight-lipped smile.
Lady Lilith | Stephen McKennatight-lipped, using her flashlight, she ran through the kitchen.
The White Moll | Frank L. Packard
British Dictionary definitions for tight-lipped
reticent, secretive, or taciturn
with the lips pressed tightly together, as through anger
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