Tight vs Lap - What's the difference?

tight | lap |

As an adjective tight

is firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.

As an adverb tight

is firmly, so as not to come loose easily.

As a verb tight

is (obsolete) to tighten.

As a noun lap is

laplander.

tight

English

Adjective

(er)

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.

Fitting close, or too close, to the body.

Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.

Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.

Under high tension.

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, chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 10, author=Jeremy Wilson, work=Telegraph, title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report

, passage=The only negative from a comfortable first-half was the sight of Aston Villa’s Nathan Delfouneso being withdrawn with a tight hamstring after only 11 minutes.}}

Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.

Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.

* 1965 , MotorBoating , page 145

He reported the hull was tight and secure and did not leak a drop.

*2014 , Ian Black, " Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November:

*:Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.

*2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:

*:The odd thing was that Sunderland made the better start and showed early signs that they might pose serious problems to the Premier League’s tightest defence.

(lb) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.

*2001 , (Gaelic Storm), Johnny Tarr'' (on the album '' ):

*:Johnny walked into the Castle Bar, looking to get tight .

(lb) Intimately friendly.

(lb) Extraordinarily great or special.

Mean; unfair; unkind.

*1977 , Willy Russell, Our Day Out , Act One, Scene One:

*:Reilly: Ey, Miss, hang on, hang on... can we come with y', Miss? Can we?

*:Digga: Go on, Miss, don't be tight , let's come.

*2001 , Kevin Sampson, Outlaws , p.244:

*:"Ah leave him, ay!" goes one of the girls. "Don't be tight'." I turns to her. "Don't you think it's ' tight terrorising old ladies? Ay?"

*2011 , Andrew Hicks, "Thai Girl: A story of the one who said 'no'", unnumbered page :

*:"That's right ... so even when life's a grind, the Thais keep smiling. They think the farang are a miserable lot who have to get drunk to enjoy themselves."

*:"Dutch, that's tight mate, I mean what's wrong with getting pissed. When you're not working, you gotta have a good time," said Darren.

Miserly or frugal.

(lb) Scarce, hard to come by.

(rfd-sense) (ux) Not conceding many goals.

(lb) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

*(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

*:clad very plain, but clean and tight

*(Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)

*:I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight .

*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husbandfrom time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

(lb) Handy; adroit; brisk.

:(Shakespeare)

(lb) Of a player, who plays very few hands. (rfex)

(lb) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands. (rfex)

Synonyms

* (pushed/pulled together''): close, serried (''of ranks ), tight-fitting (of clothes) * (narrow ): narrow * (under high tension ): taut, tense, under tension * (well-rehearsed and accurate ): polished, precise * (intimately friendly ): close, close-knit, intimate * (slang: intoxicated''): ''See also * (slang: extraordinarily great or special ): ace, cool, fab, rad, slick

Antonyms

* (pushed/pulled together''): baggy (''of clothing or other material ), loose, sagging, saggy, slack * (narrow ): broad, capacious, open, roomy, spacious, wide * (under high tension ): loose, relaxed, slack * (well-rehearsed and accurate ): slack, slapdash, sloppy * (slang: extraordinarily great or special ): crap, naff, pathetic, rubbish

Derived terms

* airtight * as tight as a duck's arse, tight as a duck's arse * as tight as a gnat's chuff, tight as a gnat's chuff * dust-tight * finger-tight * in tight * light-tight * skintight * steamtight * supertight * tight as a tick * tightass * tight closure * tighten * tight end * tight-fisted * tight-fitting * tight-knit * tight-laced * tight lattice * tight-lipped * tightly * tightness * tightrope * tights * tightwad * tightwire * tighty whities * uptight * watertight * weathertight

Adverb

(en adverb)

Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.

Make sure the lid is closed tight .

Soundly.

Good night, sleep tight.

Synonyms

* (firmly ): fast, firmly, securely * (soundly ): soundly, well

Antonyms

* (firmly ): loosely * (soundly ): badly, fitfully

Derived terms

* hold tight * sit tight * sleep tight

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To tighten.

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lap

English

Etymology 1

Old English '' (skirt or flap of a garment), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.

The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.

The upper legs of a seated person.

The boy was sitting on his mother's lap

(archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda.

(construction) component that overlaps or covers any portion of the same or adjacent component.

Derived terms

* lapdance, lap-dance, lap dance * lapdog * lapmark * laptop

Verb

(lapp)
To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

* Dryden

Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds.

To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

* Praed

to lap his head on lady's breast

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , (etyl) dial. vravle'' "to wind", (etyl) ''goluppare "to wrap, fold up" (from (etyl)). More at envelop, develop The sense of "to get a lap ahead (of someone) on a track" is from 1847, on notion of "overlapping." The noun meaning "a turn around a track" (1861) is from this sense.

Verb

(lapp)
To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.

to lap a piece of cloth

to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

to lap a bandage around a finger

* Isaac Newton

About the paper I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk.

to envelop, enfold

lapped in luxury

to wind around

To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.

One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.

To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.

The cloth laps''' back; the boats '''lap'''; the edges '''lap .

* Grew

The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a fly.

To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.

To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.

Derived terms

* lapper

Noun

(en noun)
The act or process of lapping.

That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.

The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).

The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.

(sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps, to swim two laps.

* {{quote-news
, year=2012 , date=May 13 , author=Andrew Benson , title=Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Alonso's second place moves him into a tie on points at the head of the championship with Sebastian Vettel, who was sixth in his Red Bull, passing Button, then Hamilton and finally Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg in quick succession in the closing laps .}}
In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; — so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.

A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.

A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.

Derived terms

* lap of honor/lap of honour

Etymology 3

From (etyl) lapian'', from (etyl) .

Verb

(lapp)
(ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

* Shakespeare

They'll take suggestion as a cat laps milk.

* Sir K. Digby

The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, lap hastily as they run along the shore.

(of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

* Tennyson

I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, / And the wild water lapping on the crag.

Derived terms

* lapper

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