English-Italian translations for tight

• stretto
  Tuttavia, il quadro è stretto, tanto stretto da non lasciare spazio. The framework is tight, however; so tight that it pinches.
  Perfino il limite di venti giorni è piuttosto stretto. Twenty days is in fact already very tight.
  Per contro, oggi, l'orario è molto stretto. By contrast the timetable is very tight today.
• teso
  Mi è parsa molto indovinata l'immagine dell'onorevole Corbett dell'elastico che si allunga e si accorcia e che deve restare abbastanza teso senza per questo spezzarsi. I agreed with Mr Corbett's image of a piece of elastic you can stretch or let go of and which needs to be tight enough but not so tight that it snaps.
• aderente
• attillato
• kasvoista) magro
• nitido
• tesa
  Per quanto riguarda il frumento tenero, la situazione in tutto il mondo è tesa, ma non siamo in presenza di un problema di offerta di mercato. The situation around the world as regards common wheat is tight, but there is not a problem with market supply.
• tirato

Definition of tight

• Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open
• Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it
• Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution
• Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk
• Extraordinarily great or special
• Mean; unfair; unkind
• Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy
• Handy; adroit; brisk
• Of a player, who plays very few hands.
• Firmly, so as not to come loose easily
• Soundly
• To tighten

Synonyms

• tension

Examples

• tight cloth; a tight knot
• tight control on a situation
• Make sure to pull the rope tight
• I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very tight, but we made do
• Weve grown tighter over the years
• Hes a bit tight with his money
• The passageway was so tight we could barely get through
• They flew in a tight formation
• a tight coat; My socks are too tight
• The mountain pass was made dangerous by its many tight corners
• Their marching band is extremely tight
• We went drinking and got tight
• That is one tight bicycle!
• Make sure the lid is closed tight.
• Good night, sleep tight.

Related words

• tights
• tightly
• tightwad
• uptight
• tightness
• tighten
• airtight
• tightening
• tightened