tight
12
9.9
- adjective
- /taɪt/
- Archaic
- "Hello, Mary," my mama said, a little tight.
- get tight
Examples
-
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
14
8.5
Being very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
13
8.3
Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
6
8.4
Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
5
7.9
So affected by alcohol that you are not aware of what you do or where you are
4
9.9
Very drunk so you cannot act or think clearly
3
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
1
9.9
Very drunk and confused after drinking too much
1
8.2
Extremely drunk and unable to stand or think clearly
1
9.9
So drunk that you cannot stand or think clearly
1
9.9
Feeling very drunk and acting foolishly
1
9.9
Very drunk and cannot walk straight
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
48
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.