Definition of Tight

Adjective: tight (tighter,tightest) tIt

Closely constrained, constricted or constricting
"tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"
Pulled or drawn tight
"a tight drumhead";
- taut
Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
"in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"
Pressed tightly together
"with lips tight";
- compressed
(used of persons or behaviour) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
"a tight person";
- mean, mingy, miserly
(economics) affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
"tight money"; "a tight market"
Of such close construction as to be impermeable
"a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"
(of textiles) having little space between threads; dense
"smooth percale with a very tight weave";
- close
Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
"the bolts are tight"
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
"a tight game";
- close
Very drunk
"I had travelling money and got tight in the bar downstairs";
- besotted [archaic], blind drunk, blotto, crocked [N. Amer], cockeyed, fuddled, loaded [N. Amer], pie-eyed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, wet, pickled, tanked up, bombed, wasted, liquored up [N. Amer], three sheets to the wind, swacked [N. Amer], juiced [N. Amer], stonkered [Austral, NZ], bladdered [Brit], lit, paralytic [Brit], legless [Brit], steaming, out of it [Brit], stinko, blitzed, mullered [Brit], trashed, stewed, hammered, trolleyed [Brit], fried [N. Amer], bevvied [Brit], drunk, pixillated, squiffed, half-seas-over [Brit]
Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
"a good man to have on your side in a tight situation";
- nasty
Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
"tight security";
- rigorous, stringent
Packed closely together
"they stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"

Adverb: tight tIt

Firmly or closely
"held tight";
- fast
In an attentive manner
"he remained tight on his guard";
- close, closely