tighter
comparative form of tight
tighter
comparative form of tight
tighter (plural tighters)
(obsolete or colloquial) A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer; a tightener.
Source: Wiktionary
Tight"er, n.
Definition: A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer. [Obs.]
Tight, obs.
Definition: p. p. of Tie. Spenser.
Tight, a. [Compar. Tighter; superl. Tightest.] Etym: [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. , Dan. tæt, Sw. tät: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick. Cf. 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. Evelyn. I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight. Gay.
5. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. [Colloq.]
6. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
7. Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obs.] Shak.
8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang]
9. (Com.)
Definition: Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
Tight, v. t.
Definition: To tighten. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
