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tight
1. slang Friendly in a very intimate manner; close-knit. Our group of friends has been tight since elementary school. She and I have always been tight, so her sudden silence is a little bit alarming.
2. slang Drunk. We had so much wine at lunch that we were all pretty tight by the time we left.
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tight
1. mod. stingy. She’s really tight with her cash.
2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Frank was tight and didn’t want to drive.
3. mod. stressful; with little margin for error. When the schedule is tight and we are busy as all get out, the telephone won’t stop ringing.
4. mod. cool; super. His new car is tight!
5. mod. close to someone; friendly with someone. Those two are really tight. True buds.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (as) tight as a boiled owl
- (as) tight as a drum
- (as) tight as a duck's arse
- (as) tight as a tick
- (as) tight as Dick's hatband
- a close chewer and a tight spitter
- a tight corner
- a tight rein on (someone or something)
- a tight ship
- a tight spot
- a tight squeeze
- as tight as a tick
- be (as) tight as a boiled owl
- be (as) tight as a duck's arse
- be in a tight corner
- be in a tight spot
- be kept on a tight leash
- be on a tight leash
- be tight-arsed
- be tight-lipped
- close chewer and a tight spitter
- find (oneself) in a tight spot
- get (oneself) into a tight spot
- get into a (tight) spot
- good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite
- have (someone) on a tight leash
- have a tight grip on (someone or something)
- have a tight rein on (someone or something)
- hold on tight
- hold tight
- in (a bit of) a jam
- in a (tight) corner
- in a bind
- in a box
- in a corner
- in a hole
- in a tight corner
- in a tight corner/spot
- in a tight spot
- keep (one) on a tight leash
- keep a firm grip on
- keep a tight grip on (someone or something)
- keep a tight rein on
- keep a tight rein on (someone or something)
- keep a tight rein on somebody/something
- keep a tight rein on someone/something
- not wrapped too tight
- on a short leash
- on a tight lead
- on a tight leash
- run a tight ship
- run a tight ship, to
- screwed
- screwed tight
- sit tight
- sit tight, to
- sleep tight
- sleep tight!
- tight
- tight as a drum
- tight as a tick
- tight as Dick's hatband
- tight as the bark on a tree
- tight lips
- tight money
- tight race
- tight rein on, a
- tight ship
- tight spot
- tight squeeze
- tight wad
- tight with a pound
- tightfisted
- tight-lipped
- tightwad
- wound tight