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2. involvement, connection, association, implication, entanglement, tanglement, enmeshment. tiff, n. 1. quarrel, dispute, row, spar, wrangle, jangle, bicker, Obs. brabble; contention, controversy, disagreement, difference of opinion, argument, Inf. words, Inf. miff, Scot. and North Eng. threap; squabble, spat, Inf. dustup, U.S. Sl. rhubarb, Brit. Dial. fratch, Inf. run-in, Inf. hassle, Inf. barney, falling-out, Sl. blowup; tussle, Inf. scrap, Inf. set-to, scuffle, broil, embroilment, imbroglio, fight, Scot. sturt, Scot. collieshangie.
2. huff, bad mood, ill humor, fume; fit, tantrum or temper tantrum, pet; temper, irritation, agitation, snit, Inf. stew.
-v. 3. quarrel, row, squabble, altercate, spar, cross swords; argue, debate, dispute, bandy words, have words, Inf. pick a crow; disagree, differ, take exception to, contend, contest, make something of it, fall out, clash, be at odds, be at loggerheads; spat, Brit. Archaic, brangle, wrangle, jangle, bicker, Obs. brabble, fight. tight, adj. 1. fixed, fastened, fast, secure, secured, clinched, made fast, set, sound; stable, stationary, unmovable, immovable, irremovable.
2. taut, tense, strained, rigid, stiff; unrelaxed, under a strain, Inf. uptight.
3. snug, close-fitting, form-fitting, skin-tight; close, near, compact, compacted, constricted, confined, cramped, compressed, restricted, limited.
4. difficult, touchy, sticky, delicate, ticklish, tricky, precarious; dangerous, perilous, hazardous.
5. impervious, imperviable, impenetrable; impermeable, unporous, nonporous, watertight, waterproof, leakproof; proof, resistant, hermetic, hermetically sealed; closed, shut, sealed.
6. concise, succinct, terse, pithy, epigrammatic; cryptic, laconic, to the point, pointed, direct, straightforward, clear-cut; sharp, incisive, keen, trenchant.
7. Informal, close, even, neck and neck, U.S. Inf. nip and tuck, nose to nose, shoulder to shoulder.
8. Informal, stingy, tight-fisted, parsimonious. See tight-fisted.
9. Slang, drunk, intoxicated, inebriated; All Inf boozy, lit, lit up, lit to the gills, illuminated, half seas over, three or four sheets to the wind, under the sauce, off-color, high, high as a kite, feeling good, feeling no pain, out of it, out-cold, out, under the table. tighten, v. 1. squeeze, compress, compact, press together, force together, crush, constrict, contract, constringe, choke.
2. secure, anchor, make fast, fasten; lace up, tie up.
3. stiffen, rigidify, tense; tauten, take up the slack, tight-fisted, adj. stingy, niggardly, miserly, parsimonious, carking, skinflinty; penurious, mean, tight, closefisted; cheap, Sl. chintzy, moneygrubbing, grasping, Rare, illiberal, cheeseparing; scrimping, penny-pinching, grudging, begrudging, ungenerous, stinting; thrifty, frugal, sparing, chary; economical, prudent, saving, penny-wise. tight-lipped, adj. quiet, silent, close-mouthed; tacit, speechless, voiceless, mum, mute; taciturn, reserved, shy, reticent, uncommunicative, unconversable, un-conversational, untalkative; secretive, stand-offish, unsociable; laconic, terse, short, brief, tights, n. leotard, Trademark. Danskin, leggings; stockings, pantyhose, hosiery, hose; fishnets, opaques, tightwad, n. Informal, miser, niggard, skinflint, Sl. skin, Sl. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, Sl. screw; penny pincher, pinchpenny, lickpenny, cheese-parer, hoarder, save-all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Har-pagon, money-grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks.