tight

Naija

Alternative forms

• tait

Etymology

From English tight

Pronunciation

• táìt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3617
• Frequency in raw corpus: 251
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1133

Adjective

Make someting dey close togeder.

• This one make dem be tight friend.  — (jw__37801, This one made them close friends.)
• Me and am be tight friend  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, He and I are best of friends.)

Related forms

• tight friend

Synonyms

• padi

Antonyms

• enemy, ota

Translations

• English: close

Adverb

Make person hold anoder someting/ person firmly.

• Hold di phone tight make e no fall.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Hold on to the phone firmly so it won't fall off.)
• Na dem fit hold you tight  — (jw__25505, They are the ones who you can hold on to.)

Translations

• English: firmly

Verb

Transitive

Make person do make someting firm.

• Make you tight am.  — (Egbokhare_2021, You should tighten it.

Intransitive

• As I wear di trouser, e no con tight well.  — (NSC_Tella_2021, As I wore the trouser, it was not fitted enough.)

1. Make someting dey correct.

   • I give am hand, e tight.  — (LAG_18_Lagos-Districts_M__27, I commend him/her, it was nicely done.)

2. Make someting dey organise.

   • Dat company don dey work wit di commission since 2011. I assure you say our system dey tight.  — (bbc__7880, That company has been working with the commission since 2011. I assure you that our system is organised.)

Antonyms

• lose

Translations

• English: tighten

Noun

Wetin women dey wear under cloth.

• I see di tight wey she wear.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, I saw the short-tight she wore.)
• Girls dey like wear tight under deir gown.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Girls are found of wearing short-tights underneath their gowns.)

Synonyms

• draws

Translations

• English: short-tight