0 (held or kept together) firmly or closely:
This lid is on very tight.
Hold on tight when we go around the corner.
Check that windows and doors are shut tight (= completely closed) before you leave.
The plastic cover was stretched tight (= stretched as much as it could be) across the tank.
It is a tight squeeze on some trains, the General Manager acknowledged (= passengers are packed closely together).
1 Clothes or shoes that are tight fit the body too closely and are uncomfortable:
4 If a race, competition, election, etc. is tight, the people, teams, or organizations involved are of a similar standard and equally likely to be successful. :
5 If time or money is tight, there is only just enough of it:
7 having drunk too much alcohol:
Jim, you're tight!
8 If two people are tight, they know each other very well and like each other a lot:
11 strongly controlled:
12 (of situations) difficult or hard to deal with:
13 controlled very carefully:
14 if money or time is tight, there is only just enough of it:
Finances are tight and no university has spare cash.
tight budget/deadline/schedule We're working to a very tight schedule.
15 if there is a tight market, there is not as much of something available as is wanted or needed:
16 to control something, especially spending, in a very careful way:
Hold on tight and don't let go!
The cyclists were all dressed in tight lycra shorts and the official team vest.
The ethologists formed a tight band, and their promotional activities were well targeted.
All wear the same below-the-knee dresses made out of the same fabric, with gathered tops and uncomfortably tight (and not terribly flattering) fitted waists.
This has enabled us to complete camera-ready production for the volume within a fairly ambitious, tight schedule of only seven months.
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