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tightness

[ UK /tˈa‍ɪtnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈtaɪtnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. lack of movement or room for movement
  2. a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
  3. a tight feeling in some part of the body
    he felt a constriction in her chest
    emotion caused a constriction of his throat
    she felt an alarming tightness in her chest
  4. the spatial property of being crowded together
  5. extreme stinginess

How To Use tightness In A Sentence

  • It is the failure of the diaphragmatic pinchcock to open, as in the normal deglutitory cycle, rather than a spasmodic tightness, that obstructs the food. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
  • These vary in tightness: some are hairpin turns, while others swoop down the mountain and are faster. Times, Sunday Times
  • EIA's symptoms include wheezing, coughing, prolonged expiration, rapid heart rate and tightness of the chest.
  • There is also general fatigue, nausea, and gastric weakness, swollen and dropsical abdomen, and pain and tightness under the right subcostal region right front ribs. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
  • However, after inhalation of three consecutive doses from a new diskus, he immediately complained of chest tightness and feeling of distress that were treated with oral diphenhydramine and inhaled bronchodilator at home. Allegic Reactions from Lactose in Dry Powder Asthma Inhalers
  • At present appears the unrelatedness "foreign merchant tightness of money ' repudiates a debt ' the Chinese Enterprise to suffer the loss" is an evident proof.
  • The butterfly stretch is especially important in decreasing tightness in the pectoral region and the tricep stretch is beneficial to the axillary area.
  • An ideal measure of market - wide liquidity should therefore incorporate elements of depth, breadth, tightness, and resiliency.
  • Improving airtightness around windows, doors and places where pipes and so on come in through the walls could also help. Times, Sunday Times
  • He said: 'I was slightly disappointed not to make the last squad but that shows the tightness of the squad. The Sun
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