Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
a tight sponge; a tight knot
Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
The passageway was so tight we could barely get through.
Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
Their marching band is extremely tight.
From Middle English tight, tyght, tyȝt, tiht, variants of thight, thiht, from Old English *þiht, *þīht (attested in meteþiht), from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, from Pr...
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