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adjective (tighter, tightest)
  1. Pushed or pulled together.
My socks are too tight.
  1. Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
The passageway was so we could barely get through.
They flew in a formation.
  1. Under high tension.
Make sure to pull the rope .
  1. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
Their marching band is extremely .
  1. (colloquial) Intimately friendly.
We've grown tighter over the years.
  1. (slang) (archaic) Intoxicated; drunk.
We went drinking and got .
  1. (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
That is one bicycle!
  1. (context, slang, usually, _, derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
He's a bit with his money
  1. (colloquial) scarce, Scarce, hard to come by.
I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very , but we made do.
  1. (poker) A player who plays very few hands
  2. (poker) A strategy which involves playing very few hands
adverb 
  1. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
Make sure the lid is closed .
  1. Soundly.
Good night, sleep tight.
Etymology: 
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