What is the meaning of tight?

adjective

• Closely constrained or constricted or constricting.
  • usage: "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"
• Pulled or drawn tight.
  • usage: "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"
  • synonyms: taut
• Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration.
  • usage: "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"
• Pressed tightly together.
  • usage: "with lips compressed"
  • synonyms: compressed
• Used of persons or behavior. ( characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity)
  • usage: "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
  • synonyms: mean, mingy, miserly
• Affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow.
  • usage: "tight money"; "a tight market"
• Of such close construction as to be impermeable.
  • usage: "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"
• Of textiles.
  • usage: "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
  • synonyms: close
• Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid.
  • usage: "the bolts are tight"
• Of a contest or contestants. ( evenly matched)
  • usage: "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
  • synonyms: close
• Very drunk.
  • synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, wet
• Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent.
  • usage: "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
  • synonyms: nasty
• Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.
  • usage: "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
  • synonyms: rigorous, stringent
• Packed closely together.
  • usage: "they stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"

adverb

• Firmly or closely.
  • usage: "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"
  • synonyms: fast
• In an attentive manner.
  • usage: "he remained close on his guard"
  • synonyms: close, closely