From <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> + -er. <span class="searchmatch">tighter</span> comparative form of <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>: more <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> <span class="searchmatch">tighter</span> comparative form of <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>: more <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> We need to pull that rope <span class="searchmatch">tighter</span>....
also: tightfitting tightfitting <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>-fitting (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>-fitting or <span class="searchmatch">tighter</span>-fitting, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>-fitting or tightest-fitting) (of...
up-<span class="searchmatch">tighter</span> comparative form of up-<span class="searchmatch">tight</span>: more up-<span class="searchmatch">tight</span>...
tightass <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>-assed <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> building syndrome <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> closure <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>-collar tighten <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> end <span class="searchmatch">tighter</span> than Dick's hatband <span class="searchmatch">tighter</span> than wallpaper <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>-fisted...
<span class="searchmatch">tight</span> + -ly. IPA(key): /ˈtaɪtli/ <span class="searchmatch">tightly</span> (comparative tightlier or more <span class="searchmatch">tightly</span>, superlative tightliest or most <span class="searchmatch">tightly</span>) In a <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> manner. <span class="searchmatch">tightly</span> clenched...
<span class="searchmatch">tighter</span> than Dick's hatband A variant of the phrase Dick's hatband. as <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> as Dick's hatband (colloquial, now principally US, dated) Very <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>, whether:...
See also: uptight up-<span class="searchmatch">tight</span> (comparative up-<span class="searchmatch">tighter</span> or more up-<span class="searchmatch">tight</span>, superlative up-tightest or most up-<span class="searchmatch">tight</span>) Alternative form of uptight....
article on: <span class="searchmatch">tightness</span> Wikipedia From <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">tightness</span> (countable and uncountable, plural tightnesses) The quality or degree of being <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>. 2001,...
<span class="searchmatch">tighter</span> than wallpaper (comparative form only) (informal) stingy with money...
From hang + <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>, possibly in part from a blend of hang on + hold <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>. hang <span class="searchmatch">tight</span> (third-person singular simple present hangs <span class="searchmatch">tight</span>, present participle...