Associations to the word «Tightness»

Wiktionary

TIGHTNESS, noun. The quality or degree of being tight

Dictionary definition

TIGHTNESS, noun. A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
TIGHTNESS, noun. A tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat".
TIGHTNESS, noun. The spatial property of being crowded together.
TIGHTNESS, noun. Extreme stinginess.
TIGHTNESS, noun. Lack of movement or room for movement.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke