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1 tight-fisted
adjective (mean and ungenerous with money: a tight-fisted employer.) skopuški -
2 tight fisted
[táitfístid]adjectivestisnjenih pesti; figuratively skop(uški), stiskaški -
3 tight
1. adjective1) (fitting very or too closely: I couldn't open the box because the lid was too tight; My trousers are too tight.) tesen2) (stretched to a great extent; not loose: He made sure that the ropes were tight.) napet3) ((of control etc) strict and very careful: She keeps (a) tight control over her emotions.) natančen4) (not allowing much time: We hope to finish this next week but the schedule's a bit tight.) tesen2. adverb((also tightly) closely; with no extra room or space: The bags were packed tight / tightly packed.) tesno- - tight- tighten
- tightness
- tights
- tight-fisted
- tightrope
- a tight corner/spot
- tighten one's belt* * *[táit]1.adjectivetesen; ozek, tesno se oprijemajoč (obleka); neprepusten (za vodo, zrak); močan; čvrsto nategnjen, napet (vrv); stisnjen, nabito poln; zgoščen, kompakten; figuratively nepremičen; figuratively zožen, utesnjen; komaj zadosten, pičel (o denarju); kočljiv; colloquially skop(uški), stiskaški; slang pijan, nadelanas tight as an owl figuratively pijan ko mavratight shoes — tesni, ozki čevljia tight lass obsolete čedno, stasito dekleto be in a tight corner (place, spot) — biti v škripcihto keep a tight rein (hand) on s.o. — držati koga čvrsto na vajetihto draw tight — nategniti, napeti, zategniti;2.adverbtesnó, močnó, čvrsto; pičloto sit tight — figuratively čvrsto, uporno vztrajati pri svojih pravicah (mišljenju, stališču), ne popuščati -
4 fist
[fist](a tightly closed hand: He shook his fist at me in anger.) pest* * *I [fist]nounpest; colloquially roka, šapa; jocosely pisavaclose-fisted, tight-fisted — skopuški, skopto grease s.o.'s fist — podkupovati kogathe mailed fist — moč, oblastto shake one's fist at s.o. — groziti komu s pestjoII [fist]transitive verbs pestjo udariti, pestiti; zagrabiti; marine manipulirati z veslom, jadrom
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