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How to pronounce “tight”
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Pronunciation guide for tight
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tight with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Deskbound
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- Definition summary
- Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce tight
Deskbound

tight in the hips? And you've had to make a compromise based on the fact that you're
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “tight”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
- (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
- Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
- (slang) Intoxicated; drunk.
- (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- (slang, Northern England, chiefly Liverpool) Mean; unfair; unkind.
- (of time) Limited or restricted.
- (obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
- (obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
- (poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands. (Can we add an example for this sense? )
- (poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands. (Can we add an example for this sense? )
- (US, slang, motor racing) With understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.
- (New York, slang) Angry or irritated.
- (slang, vulgar) Of a person, having a tight vagina or anus.
- [Adverb]
- Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
- Soundly.
- [Verb]
- (obsolete) To make tight; tighten.
- (obsolete, of a vessel) To make water-tight.
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