tight

tight
[taɪt] adj
1) (firm) fest;
\tight knot fester Knoten;
(closely fitting) eng;
\tight shoes/trousers enge Schuhe/Hose;
to be a \tight squeeze sehr eng sein
2) (close together) dicht;
in \tight formation in geschlossener Formation;
in \tight groups in dicht gedrängten Gruppen
3) (stretched tautly) gespannt;
\tight muscles verspannte Muskeln
4) (closely integrated) eng verbunden;
\tight circle enger Kreis
5) (severe) streng;
\tight bend [or turn] enge Kurve;
\tight budget knappes Budget;
(fig: difficult situation)
\tight corner [or situation] [or spot] Zwickmühle f (fam)
to keep a \tight hold on sth etw streng kontrollieren;
the government are trying to keep a \tight hold on spending die Regierung versucht, die Ausgaben streng unter Kontrolle zu halten;
to be \tight for money/time wenig Geld/Zeit haben;
to be \tight with one's money knaus[e]rig sein;
\tight schedule gedrängter Terminkalender
6) (tense)
\tight face angespanntes Gesicht;
\tight voice angespannte Stimme
7) (hard-fought, keenly competitive) knapp;
\tight finish knapper Zieleinlauf
8) (fam dated: drunk) betrunken
PHRASES:
to keep a \tight rein over sb jdn fest an die Kandare nehmen;
to run a \tight ship ein strenges Regime führen adv
pred straff;
to screw a nut \tight eine Mutter fest anziehen;
to cling/hang on \tight to sb/sth sich akk an jdm/etw festklammern;
to close/seal sth \tight etw fest verschließen/versiegeln
PHRASES:
sleep \tight schlaf gut

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