tight
12
9.9
- adjective
- /taɪt/
- Archaic
:
borracho
- "Hello, Mary," my mama said, a little tight.
- get tight
Examples
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In fact, he was tight as hell.
Fiction book (2001) -
I was tight, just like you were.
Academic text (1990) -
Well, then I said, "Oh, go on home and get tight."
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"I was young, man, and I was tight.
Fiction book (1996) -
So I'm just like, yo, now I'm tight, mad tight.
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She was tight when she called you, man.
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My mother says that when she met my father in 1947, he was always tight, downing a quart of whiskey a day.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Michael was tight, so tight his breath was coming in short little intakes and exhales, as if he were finishing a long sprint, which he was.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sometimes when my father got tight on a Kriek Belle Epoque, he would tell me again about the Mystic Lamb and how this Black American soldier was shot down on a Belgian street by a white one from Arkansas in 1945.
Fiction book (1996) -
After a few drinks at the bar, he was feeling quite tight and ready to dance.
Synonyms
3
9.9
Very drunk so you cannot act or think clearly
3
7.9
So affected by alcohol that you are not aware of what you do or where you are
1
9.0
Very drunk after drinking too much alcohol
1
9.5
Extremely drunk and not able to behave normally
1
9.9
Very drunk after drinking too much alcohol
1
9.9
A little drunk after drinking alcohol
Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
Being very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
So drunk that you cannot stand or think clearly
Extremely drunk and unable to stand or think clearly
Very drunk and confused after drinking too much
Very drunk and cannot walk straight
Feeling very drunk and acting foolishly
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
40
6.3
In American football, a player on offense who lines up next to the tackle and blocks and catches passes
How Drunk
Surface Forms
Etymology
One old use of tight was 'very drunk', and a helpful way to remember this is to imagine the drink holding you 'tight' so you cannot stand straight; this is an old, now rare, meaning of the word.