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overtight

overtight adjective: excessively tight.

Adjective

overtight (comparative more overtight, superlative most overtight)

  1. Excessively tight.

Forms of overtight

comparativemore overtight
superlativemost overtight

Origin of overtight

From over- + tight.

Words formed from overtight

Questions about overtight

What does overtight mean?
Overtight means excessively tight.
What part of speech is overtight?
Overtight is an adjective.

Words near overtight in the dictionary

  1. overthrusts
  2. overthunk
  3. overthwart
  4. overthwartly
  5. overthwartness
  6. overtight
  7. overtighten
  8. overtightened
  9. overtightening
  10. overtightens
  11. overtightly

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