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

  • Tight (Mindless Self Indulgence album), 1999
  • Tight (Hank Crawford album), 1996
  • "Tight" (song), a song by INXS
  • "Tight", a song by The Coup from their 2001 album Party 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

  • Miser
  • Drunkenness
  • Cool (aesthetic)
  • Close-knit

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

See also

  • Tight rope (disambiguation)
  • Tightness (disambiguation)