Usually means: Excessively strict, uptight, or rigid.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word tight-assed:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. tight-assed: Merriam-Webster
  2. tight-assed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tight-assed: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tight-assed: Wordnik
  5. tight-assed: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. tight-assed: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. tight-assed: Dictionary.com
  8. tight-assed: Wiktionary

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  1. tight-assed: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (tight-assed)

adjective:  (informal, derogatory) Rigidly maintaining self-control; restricting oneself to generally accepted rules and behaviours.
adjective:  (informal, derogatory) Excessively concerned with unimportant details; obsessively precise.
adjective:  (informal, derogatory) Reluctant to spend money.
adjective:  (informal) Having firm or clenched buttocks.
adjective:  (informal, of an article of, clothing) Fitting tightly in the area covering the buttocks.
adverb:  (informal, derogatory) In an uptight or fastidious way.

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