Tight Explained
Tight may refer to:
Clothing
- Skin-tight garment, a garment that is held to the skin by elastic tension
- Tights, a type of leg coverings fabric extending from the waist to feet
- Tightlacing, the practice of wearing a tightly-laced corset
- ”Tighties”, a slang term for tight cycling shorts.
- “Tighty-whiteys”, American slang for men’s or boys’ briefs
Mathematics
- Tight frame, a mathematical term defining the bounding conditions of a vector space
- Tightness of measures, a concept in measure (and probability) theory
Music
Science and technology
- Tight gas, natural gas which is difficult to access
- Tight oil, shale oil which is difficult to access
- American car racing term for when the car is understeering
Slang
Other uses
- High and tight, a hairstyle typical in the U.S. military
- Tight end, an offensive position in American football
- Tight playing style, a poker strategy
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