English Words: T

27,828 words · Page 266 of 557

tight lipsnoun

Of a person, silence or reticence.

tight scratchnoun

A combat requiring arduous effort.

tight shipnoun

A well-organized and highly disciplined organization.

tight spotnoun

A difficult position.

tight squeezenoun

A small amount of space shared by numerous people or things

tight whitesnoun

Alternative form of tighty whities.

tight-assedadj

Rigidly maintaining self-control; restricting oneself to generally accepted rules and behaviours.

tight-fistedadj

reluctant to spend money; miserly or stingy

tight-headnoun

Alternative form of tighthead.

tight-knitadj

Strongly pulled together or connected, tightly knit.

tight-lippedadj

Having the lips pressed tightly together, hence, not speaking.

tight-lippednessnoun

The state of being tight-lipped.

tight-rope walkingnoun

Dated spelling of tightrope walking.

tight-rope-walkverb

Dated spelling of tightrope-walk.

tightassnoun

Someone who does not know how to have fun, or who is so worried about insignificant things as to ruin any fun that anyone around them may be having.

tightbeamnoun

A focused beam of energy (such as a laser) that contains and transmits information.

tightedadj

Dressed in tights.

tightenverb

To make tighter.

tighten one's beltverb

To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.

tighten the purse stringsverb

To decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending.

tighten upverb

To make sufficiently tight.

tightenableadj

Able to be tightened.

tightenernoun

Something used to tighten.

tightenestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of tighten

tightenethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tighten

tighteningnoun

The act or process of making more tight.

tighteninglyadv

So as to tighten.

tighteradj

comparative form of tight: more tight

tightfistednessnoun

Reluctance to spend money; miserliness.

tightheadnoun

prop who plays on the right-hand side of the front row of the scrum, such that in a scrum, their head is tightly bound between those of the opposing hooker and loosehead

tightie whiteysnoun

Alternative form of tighty whities.

tightie-whitiesnoun

Alternative form of tighty whities.

tightiesnoun

Form-fitting cycling shorts.

tightishadj

Somewhat tight.

tightknitadj

Alternative spelling of tight-knit.

tightlacernoun

One who engages in tightlacing.

tightlacingnoun

The practice of wearing a tightly-laced corset to modify one's figure and posture.

tightlieradv

comparative form of tightly: more tightly

tightlippednessnoun

the state of being tight-lipped

tightlocknoun

A form of Janney coupler, typically used on North American mainline passenger rail cars, having mechanical features that reduce slack in normal operation and prevent telescoping in derailments, yet remain compatible with other Janney types.

tightlyadv

In a tight manner.

tightnernoun

A meal, particularly a large one.

tightnessnoun

The quality or degree of being tight.

tightropenoun

A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.

tightrope walknoun

An instance of walking on a tightrope.

tightrope walkingnoun

The acrobatic feat of walking on a tightrope.

tightrope-walkernoun

Alternative form of tightrope walker.

tightropernoun

Someone who walks on a tightrope: a tightrope walker.

tightsnoun

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.

tightsomeadj

Characterised or marked by tightness.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter T contains 27,828 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 557 pages, and you are currently viewing page 266. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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