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▸ adjective: Unyielding or firm.
▸ adjective: Under high tension; taut.
▸ adjective: (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.
▸ adjective: (colloquial, figurative) Intimately friendly.
▸ adjective: (slang, figurative, usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
▸ adjective: (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
▸ adjective: Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
▸ adjective: Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
▸ adjective: Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
▸ adjective: Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
▸ adjective: (sports) Not conceding many goals.
▸ adjective: (slang) Intoxicated; drunk.
▸ adjective: (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
▸ adjective: (slang, British, regional) Mean; unfair; unkind.
▸ adjective: (of time) Limited or restricted.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
▸ adjective: (poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.
▸ adjective: (poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
▸ adjective: (informal, of persons) Intimate, close, close-knit.
▸ adjective: (US, slang, motor racing) With understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.
▸ adjective: (New York, slang) Angry or irritated.
▸ adjective: (slang, vulgar) Of either the anus or a vagina of a woman, still intact due to virginity or not engaging in sexual intercourse often.
▸ adjective: (slang, vulgar) Of a person, especially a woman, having a tight vagina or other orifice.
▸ adverb: Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
▸ adverb: Soundly.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To make tight; tighten.
▸ verb: (obsolete, of a vessel) To make water-tight.
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tight-fitting,
closely,
skintight,
close-fitting,
fast,
stringent,
taut,
rigorous,
demanding,
fine,
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