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adj./adv. an older term that still maintains its presence that means good or cool, hip. Also can mean close, like a close friendship. "Man . . . did you see that lowered Cadillac? It was tight!" 2. stingy or tightfisted. "Yo, your pops is tight. He's so cheap, even the Scrooge looks generous compared to him." 3. to get really intoxicated and or messed up on drugs. "Yo dawg, we got tight as hell last night."Â
Noun. Very close, a small amount. E.g."I missed the target by a gnat's whisker."
Phrs. Extremely frugal, very miserly. See 'chuff'.
Phrs. Miserly, very mean. Cf. 'tight as a gnat's chuff'.
Right as rain, sound as a nut, stable.
(1) anus, commonly used in "Tighter than a gnats chuff" to mean tight fisted... i.e. mean (2) fart
Good, right
Gnat's piss is British slang for a weak or insipid drink.
Watertight. eg. "The hatch is closed tight."
Isle of Wight is London Cockney rhyming slang for right. Isle of Wight is London Cockney rhyming slang for alright. Isle of Wight is London Cockney rhyming slang for light. Isle of Wight is London Cockney rhyming slang for tight.
Used as shorthand to mean 'Serves you right!'.
Fine. "After a good night's rest, he'll be right as rain."
High as a kite is London Cockney rhyming slang for intoxicated, drunk (tight).
Gnat bites is British slang for small breasts.
Notoriously mean or "tight fisted" person, i.e. unwilling to part with cash even when it's their turn to pay. Can be used as adjective, as in "He's a tight-arsed git!".
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a.
Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
v. t.
To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.
v. t.
To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
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As tight as can be made by the hand.
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So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof.
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Seven and one; as, eight years.
n.
Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.
a.
Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
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Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
v. t.
To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.
superl.
Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
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Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
superl.
Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.
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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
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In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.
superl.
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
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Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.
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So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
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Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
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Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
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