Tight vs Snag - What's the difference?
tight | snag |
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
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Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
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Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
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Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
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Under high tension.
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Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
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Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
* 1965 , MotorBoating , page 145
*2014 , Ian Black, "
*: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 , , "
*: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.
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*2001 , (Gaelic Storm), Johnny Tarr'' (on the album '' ):
*:Johnny walked into the Castle Bar, looking to get tight .
(lb) Intimately friendly.
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(lb) Extraordinarily great or special.
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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.
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(lb) Scarce, hard to come by.
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(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 .
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*:“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)
Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
Soundly.
A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
* Dryden
Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
A tooth projecting beyond the rest; a broken or decayed tooth.
A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
(figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
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A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
One of the secondary branches of an antler.
To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
(fishing) To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
(slang) To obtain or pick up (something).
(UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A light meal.
(Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage.
* 2005 , Peter Docker, Someone Else?s Country , 2010, ReadHowYouWant,
* 2007 , Jim Ford, Don't Worry, Be Happy: Beijing to Bombay with a Backpack ,
* 2010 , Fiona Wallace, Sense and Celebrity ,
A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
As verbs the difference between tight and snag
is that tight is (obsolete) to tighten while snag is to catch or tear (eg fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.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 noun snag is
a stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance or snag can be (uk|dialect|obsolete) a light meal or snag can be a misnaged, an opponent to chassidic judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).tight
English
Adjective
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- He reported the hull was tight and secure and did not leak a drop.
Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November:
Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
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, slickAntonyms
* (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, rubbishDerived 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 * weathertightAdverb
(en adverb)- Make sure the lid is closed tight .
- Good night, sleep tight.
Synonyms
* (firmly ): fast, firmly, securely * (soundly ): soundly, wellAntonyms
* (firmly ): loosely * (soundly ): badly, fitfullyDerived terms
* hold tight * sit tight * sleep tightsnag
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The coat of arms / Now on a naked snag in triumph borne.
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Synonyms
* (problem or difficulty) hitchDerived terms
* snaggy * snaglikeVerb
(snagg)- Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!
- We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi river.
- Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog.
- (Halliwell)
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)page 116,
- I fire up the barbie and start cooking snags .
page 196,
- ‘You can get the chooks and snags from the fridge if you want,’ he replied.
- I smiled, remembering my bewilderment upon receiving exactly the same command at my very first barbecue back in Sydney a month after I?d first arrived.
page 25,
- ‘Hungry? We?ve got plenty of roo,’ one of the men said as she walked up. He pointed with his spatula, ‘and pig snags', cow ' snags , beef and chicken.’