tight
[ tahyt ]
/ taɪt /
adjective, tight·er, tight·est.
adverb, tight·er, tight·est.
in a tight manner; closely; firmly; securely; tensely: Shut the door tight. The shirt fit tight across the shoulders.
soundly or deeply: to sleep tight.
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Idioms for tight
sit tight, to take no action.
Origin of tight
1400–50; late Middle English, sandhi variant of Middle English thight dense, solid, tight <Old Norse thēttr (cognate with Old English -thiht firm, solid, Dutch, German dicht tight, close, dense)
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tight
/ (taɪt) /
adjective
adverb
Derived forms of tight
tightly, adverbtightness, nounWord Origin for tight
C14: probably variant of thight, from Old Norse thēttr close; related to Middle High German dīhte thick
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