tight definition

1. closely constrained or constricted or constricting
• examples: tight skirts
• examples: he hated tight starched collars
• examples: fingers closed in a tight fist
• examples: a tight feeling in his chest
2. set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
• examples: in tight formation
• examples: a tight blockade
3. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
• examples: tight money
• examples: a tight market
4. of such close construction as to be impermeable
• examples: a tight roof
• examples: warm in our tight little house
5. securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
• examples: the bolts are tight
6. packed closely together
• examples: they stood in a tight little group
• examples: hair in tight curls
• examples: the pub was packed tight