In a tight manner. / (of speech) Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.

(transitive) To make tighter. / (intransitive) To become tighter. / (economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain. / (economics) To raise short-term interest rates.

The acrobatic feat of walking on a tightrope.

(figuratively) To undertake a precarious course of action.

Alternative spelling of tight-fisted

present participle of tighten

An acrobat who practices tightrope walking.

The act or process of making more tight.

A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground. / (figuratively) a difficult or desperate situation.

comparative form of tight: more tight