- tight-arse
- Noun. A mean, selfishly frugal person.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
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tight arse — or (N American) tight ass noun (slang) 1. A mean, tight fisted person 2. An excessively conservative or repressed person • • • Main Entry: ↑tight … Useful english dictionary
tight-arse — n 1. a mean, miserly person. This sense of the word is more common in British usage than the following sense. The term has existed, mainly in working class speech, since the early part of the 20th century. Tight alone has had this mean ing since… … Contemporary slang
Tight-arse Tuesday — /taɪt as ˈtjuzdeɪ/ (say tuyt ahs tyoohzday) noun Colloquial (taboo) (humorous) a Tuesday on which concessional prices are regularly made available for the movies. Usage: See note at arse …
tight-arse — … Useful english dictionary
(a) tight-arse — British & Australian, very informal, American, very informal a person who does not like to spend money or give it to other people. You won t get a drink out of her, she s a real tight arse … New idioms dictionary
tight ass — tight arse or (N American) tight ass noun (slang) 1. A mean, tight fisted person 2. An excessively conservative or repressed person • • • Main Entry: ↑tight … Useful english dictionary
tight-arsed — /ˈtaɪt ast/ (say tuyt ahst) adjective Colloquial (taboo) 1. mean; parsimonious. 2. haughty. –tight arse, noun Usage: See note at arse …
tight — /taɪt / (say tuyt) adjective 1. firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot. 2. drawn or stretched so as to be tense; taut. 3. fitting closely, especially too closely: tight trousers. 4. difficult to deal with or… …
tight as a duck's arse — adjective Extremely tight, mean, excessively thrifty … Wiktionary
tight as a duck's arse — Phrs. Miserly, very mean. Cf. tight as a gnat s chuff … English slang and colloquialisms
