tight
/taɪt/ adjectiveTranslation
FIRM › firm and difficult to move
sıkı, dar
Make sure the knot is tight.1937CLOTHES › fitting your body very closely
sımsıkı, bedene sıkıca oturan; bedeni sımsıkı saran
a tight skirt1937CONTROLLED › controlled and obeying all rules completely
sıkı sıkıya bağlı; titizlikle uyan
tight security They kept tight control of the school budget.1937STRAIGHT › If cloth, wire, skin, etc is tight, it has been pulled so that it is straight or smooth.
gergin, gerili, gerilmiş
1937NOT MUCH › If money, time, or space is tight, there is only just enough of it.
tightly adverb › kıt kanaat, sadece ihtiyacı karşılayan; ucu ucuna
We should get six people into the car but it will be tight.1417sıkı sıkı, ancak yetecek kadar
tightness noun [U] › sıkışıklık, sıkı olma durumu
→ See also keep a tight rein on sb/sth(Definition of tight adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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