Cool vs. Tight
Cooladjective
Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
Cooladjective
Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Cooladjective
Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
Cooladjective
Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
Cooladjective
Calmly audacious.
Cooladjective
Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
Cooladjective
(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
Cooladjective
(informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
Cooladjective
(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
Cooladjective
(informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
Coolnoun
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
Coolnoun
A calm temperament.
Coolnoun
The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
Coolverb
To lose heat, to get colder.
Coolverb
(transitive) To make cooler, less warm.
Coolverb
To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
Coolverb
(transitive) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
Coolverb
(transitive) To kill.
Cooladjective
Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
Cooladjective
Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
Cooladjective
Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
Cooladjective
Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
Cooladjective
Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
Cooladjective
Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
Coolnoun
A moderate state of cold; coolness; - said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
Coolverb
To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
Coolverb
To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
Coolverb
To become less hot; to lose heat.
Coolverb
To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
Coolnoun
the quality of being cool;
Coolnoun
great coolness and composure under strain;
Coolverb
make cool or cooler;
Coolverb
loose heat;
Coolverb
lose intensity;
Cooladjective
neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat;
Cooladjective
marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional;
Cooladjective
(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets;
Cooladjective
psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike;
Cooladjective
used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification;
Cooladjective
fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept;
Tightadjective
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
Tightadjective
Unyielding or firm
Tightadjective
Under high tension.
Tightadjective
(colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.
Tightadjective
Intimately friendly.
Tightadjective
Miserly or frugal.
Tightadjective
(of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
Tightadjective
Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
Tightadjective
Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
Tightadjective
Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
Tightadjective
Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
Tightadjective
(sport) Not conceding many goals.
Tightadjective
(slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
Tightadjective
(slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
Tightadjective
Mean; unfair; unkind.
Tightadjective
(obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Tightadjective
(obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
Tightadjective
(poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands. en
Tightadjective
(poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands. en
Tightadverb
Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
Tightadverb
Soundly.
Tightverb
(obsolete) To tighten.
Tight
p. p. of Tie.
Tightadjective
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
Tightadjective
Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; - often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
Tightadjective
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
Tightadjective
Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Tightadjective
Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
Tightadjective
Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; - applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
Tightadjective
Handy; adroit; brisk.
Tightadjective
Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
Tightadjective
Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; - said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
Tightverb
To tighten.
Tightadjective
closely constrained or constricted or constricting;
Tightadjective
pulled or drawn tight;
Tightadjective
set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration;
Tightadjective
pressed tightly together;
Tightadjective
used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;
Tightadjective
affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow;
Tightadjective
of such close construction as to be impermeable;
Tightadjective
of textiles;
Tightadjective
securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid;
Tightadjective
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched;
Tightadjective
very drunk
Tightadjective
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent;
Tightadjective
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
Tightadjective
packed closely together;
Tightadverb
firmly or tightly;
Tightadverb
in an attentive manner;
