adjective
Music Slang
Tight
/taɪt/ · adjective · slang
Cool and excellent — or, flipped, annoyed and mad.
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Definitions
1
Excellent, cool, or impressive.
“Your new haircut is tight.”
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2
Annoyed, upset, or angry (later 90s sense).
“He got tight when I borrowed his charger without asking.”
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3
Close-knit as a friendship or group.
“Those two are tight, known each other since kindergarten.”
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Tight In A Sentence
That skate trick was tight, do it again.
Me and my cousins are super tight.
Don't be tight, I'll pay you back tomorrow.
Origin & Usage
AAVE slang of the 90s, where 'tight' meant excellent or closely bonded, later also picking up the sense of being annoyed or angry.
People Also Ask
What does 'tight' mean in slang?
It can mean cool and excellent, very close as friends, or annoyed and angry, depending on context.
How do you know which meaning of 'tight' is meant?
Context decides: praising something means cool, describing people means close, and 'getting tight' means getting mad.
Is 'tight' a 90s word?
It was big in the 90s and still gets used, especially for 'close friends' and 'annoyed.'
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