Meaning of "tight"

tight •

adj.
• • 1. firm: mahigpit
  • 2. held firmly, packed or put together firmly: lapat na lapat, dikit na dikit, mahigpit
  • 3. scarce, hard to get: mahirap, salat
  • 4. fitting closely, fitting too closely: masikip, pitis, makipot, hapit
  • 5. stretched: banat, hapit, hatak
  • 6. stingy (coll): maramot, kuripot adv. firmly: mahigpit, nang mahigpit

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squeeze

v.
• • 1. to press hard by putting on weight: umipit, ipitin, pipiin, pumipi, pipihin
  • 2. to force by pressing: pumiga, pigain
  • 3. to force into place by pressure: magsiksik, isiksik, siksikin, siksikan
  • 4. to crush, crowd: magsiksikan
  • 5. to force a way: magsumiksik, makipagsiksikan, sumiksik, maggumitgit, makipaggitgitan, gumitgit
  • 6. to press with the hand (or fingers): pumisil, pisilin

n.
• • 1. a tight pressure: pisil
  • 2. forcing out liquid by pressure: piga, pagpiga

clutch

v.
• • to seize with the hands, snatch: sumunggab, sunggaban, dumakma, dakmain, dumakmal, dakmalin, humawak (hawakan) nang mahigpit

n.
• • 1. a tight grasp: mahigpit na hawak
  • 2. a machine device: klats

hug

n.
• • a tight clasp or embrace: yapos, yakap

v.
• • to put the arms around and hold close: yumapos, yapusin, yumakap, yakapin

stretch

v.
• • 1. to draw out, to extend: magbuka, ibuka, mag-unat, iunat, magbanat, banatin
  • 2. to extend ones body or limbs: mag-inat, uminat, dumipa, idipa
  • 3. to reach out, to hold out: mag-abot, umabot, iabot, abutin, dumukwang, idukwang, dukwangin
  • 4. to draw tight, to strain: magbanat, mabanat, banatin
  • 5. to draw out to greater length or size: bumanat, mabanat, banatin, humatak, mahatak, hatakin
  • 6. to continue over a distance, to extend from one place to another, to fill space, to spread: umabot, paabutin
  • 7. to stretch the arm in order to get something: dumukwang
  • 8. to exaggerate (coll.): magpalabis, palabisin, magpasobra, pasobrahin
  • 9. to enlarge: magpalaki, palakihin

n.
• • 1. unbroken length: haba, kahabaan
  • 2. extent: lawak, kalawakan, lapad, kalaparan

grip

v.
• • to seize and hold tight: sumunggab ng mahigpit,pumisil ng mahigpit, humawak ng mahigpit

loose

adj.
• • 1. not fastened: kalag, tanggal
  • 2. not tight: maluwag
  • 3. not firmly set or fastened: umuuga, umaalog
  • 4. not bound together: hiwa-hiwalay, hindi kabit-kabit
  • 5. free, not shut in: nakakawala, alpas, kawala
  • 6. not pressed together: buhaghag
  • 7. careless about morals or conduct: halaghag, pabaya
  • 8. loose and hanging as a womans hair: lugay, nakalugay

v.
• • 1. to set free, let go: mag-alpas, paalpasin, magpakawala, pakawalan
  • 2. to untie, unbind: magkalas, kalasin, magkalag, kalagin, kalagan

higpit

adj.
• • mahigpit (ma-), tight, strict humigpit (-um-)

v.
• • to become tight. Humigpit ang kanyang pantalon. His trousers got tight. maghigpit, higpitan

v.
• • to tighten

sikip

adj.
• • masikip (ma-) tight, crowded, narrow, snug

hakab

adj.
• • tight-fitting

pitis

adj.
• • tight-fitting (of clothes, dresses)

kipot

adj.
• • makipot (ma-) narrow, tight magkipot, kiputan (mag-:-an)

v.
• • to make tighter. Kiputan mo ang tabas ng pantalon. Tighten the cut of the trousers.