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English Idioms :: tightness
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tightness - See: SIT TIGHT. |
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Traditional English :: tightness
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tightness - adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 closely held, drawn, fastened, fitting, etc. (a tight hold; a tight skirt).
2 closely and firmly put together (a tight joint).
3 (of clothes etc.) too closely fitting (my shoes are rather tight).
4 impermeable, impervious, esp. (in comb.) to a specified thing (watertight).
5 tense; stretched so as to leave no slack (a tight bowstring).
6 colloq. drunk.
7 colloq. (of a person) mean, stingy.
8 a (of money or materials) not easily obtainable. b (of a money market) in which money is tight.
9 a (of precautions, a programme, etc.) stringent, demanding. b presenting difficulties (a tight situation).
10 produced by or requiring great exertion or pressure (a tight squeeze).
11 (of control etc.) strictly imposed. --adv. tight corner (or place or spot) a difficult situation. tight-fisted stingy. tight-fitting (of a garment) fitting (often too) close to the body. tight-lipped with or as with the lips compressed to restrain emotion or speech. tightly adv. tightness n. [prob. alt. of thight f. ON th÷ttr watertight, of close texture] |
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Related Words
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chest
hamstring
neck
asthma
cause
anxiety
jaw
head
vaginal
upper
back
leg
throat
stomach
calf
muscle
vagina
behind
knee
facial
get
without
surgery
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Most Often Usage
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chest tightness
tightness in chest
hamstring tightness
tightness in neck
asthma chest tightness
cause chest tightness
anxiety chest tightness
jaw tightness
tightness in head
vaginal tightness
upper back and neck tightness
leg tightness
throat tightness
tightness in stomach
in leg tightness
calf muscle tightness
stomach tightness
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