affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"
packed closely together; "the stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"
of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"
closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"
securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight"
set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"
extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"