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  • English Word Tight Definition Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
  • English Word Tight Definition Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
  • English Word Tight Definition To tighten.
  • English Word Tighten Definition To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
  • English Word Tightened Definition of Tighten
  • English Word Tightener Definition That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.
  • English Word Tightening Definition of Tighten
  • English Word Tighter Definition A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
  • English Word Tightly Definition In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
  • English Word Tightness Definition The quality or condition of being tight.
  • English Word Tights Definition Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
  • English Word Tiglic Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance.
  • English Word Tigress Definition The female of the tiger.
  • English Word Tigrine Definition Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
  • English Word Tigrine Definition Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina) of South America.
  • English Word Tigrish Definition Resembling a tiger; tigerish.
  • English Word Tike Definition A tick. See 2d Tick.
  • English Word Tike Definition A dog; a cur.
  • English Word Tike Definition A countryman or clown; a boorish person.
  • English Word Tikus Definition The bulau.
  • English Word Til Definition See Till.
  • English Word Til tree Definition See Teil.
  • English Word Tilburies Definition of Tilbury
  • English Word Tilbury Definition A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.
  • English Word Tilde Definition The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, , /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.
  • English Word Tile Definition To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
  • English Word Tile Definition A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.
  • English Word Tile Definition A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.
  • English Word Tile Definition A plate of metal used for roofing.
  • English Word Tile Definition A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.