Unyielding or firm. / Under high tension; taut. / (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by. / (colloquial, figuratively) Intimately friendly. / (slang, figuratively, usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal.

Firmly, so as not to come loose easily. / Soundly.

(obsolete) To tighten.

A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

The quality or degree of being tight

plural of tightness

simple past tense and past participle of tight

Dressed in tights.

present participle of tight

(informal, derogatory) Rigidly maintaining self-control; restricting oneself to generally accepted rules and behaviours.