tight
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- adjective
- /taɪt/
- Slang
- As the readers move down the lines, we are educated by the poem's tight and logical development.
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Watch on YouTubeSo you made it tight and dramatic, and then you write that scene.
- So you made it tight and dramatic, and then you write that scene.
- I don't know who mixed it but that's really tight low end with the bass and the kick.
- I mean, that will, that band was tight.
- You want to make sure it's fast and nice and tight.
- I mean, tight, tight, you know?
Examples
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I get it right and keep it tight.
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Everything is super tight, super well thought out.
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Yeah, we're both tight and shit.
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It's slick, it's modern, it's tight, and it's just right.
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-Your drum line sounds pretty tight.
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The band sounded just as tight as they ever did in the 1990s.
Blog text (16) -
I'm no expert, but the study seems reasonably tight to me in terms of controls and assumptions.
Blog text (10) -
A great series that is dark, tight, and really turns some SFF tropes on their heads.
Blog text (19) -
We take it for granted that your plot is new, tight, gripping, and also that it is well-paced.
Academic text (2011) -
The performance was so tight that everyone in the audience was impressed.
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- Jargon
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6.3
In American football, a player on offense who lines up next to the tackle and blocks and catches passes
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8.4
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Surface Forms
Etymology
From the idea of being held close and exact, tight came to mean 'very well done' or precise, as in a performance with no mistakes; so a tight band plays together closely and cleanly.