Tight
Tight (tīt) , past participle
Tight (tīt"ẽr) , adjective
[Old English tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; compare Icelandic þēttr, Danish tat, Swedish tat: akin to Dutch & German dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to English thee to thrive, or to thick. Compare Taut.]
1.
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
2.
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.
3.
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
4.
Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Clad very plain, but clean and tight.
I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight.
5.
Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. [Colloquial]
6.
Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
7.
Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
8.
Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang]
9.
(Commerce) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Compare Easy, 7.
Tight , transitive verb
To tighten. [Obsolete]