Usually means: Reluctant to share information openly.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word tight-lipped:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. tight-lipped: Merriam-Webster
  2. tight-lipped: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tight-lipped, tight-lipped: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Tight-Lipped, Tight-lipped, tight-lipped: Wordnik
  5. tight-lipped: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. tight-lipped: Wiktionary
  7. tight-lipped: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. tight-lipped: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. tight-lipped: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. tight-lipped: Dictionary.com
  11. tight-lipped: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. tight-lipped: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tight-lipped: Legal dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (literal) Having the lips pressed tightly together, hence, not speaking.
adjective:  (idiomatic) Unwilling to divulge information.

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