Tightness - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈtaɪtnəs|
Brit.
|ˈtaɪtnəs|
noun
- a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit (syn: stringency)
- a tight feeling in some part of the body (syn: constriction)
- extreme stinginess (syn: closeness, meanness, parsimony)
- lack of movement or room for movement
- a tight feeling in some part of the body (syn: constriction)
she felt an alarming tightness in her chest
- the spatial property of being crowded together (syn: concentration, density)- extreme stinginess (syn: closeness, meanness, parsimony)
- lack of movement or room for movement
Extra examples
The lid is too tight. I can't loosen it.
She made a tight knot in the rope.
Keep a tight grip on his hand when you cross the street.
Pull the ribbon tight and make a bow.
Is the door shut tight?
She screwed the cap on tight.
Don't close the lid so tight.
We were packed as tight as sardines on the bus.
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