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tight lips

tight lips noun: of a person, silence or reticence.

Noun

tight lips pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Of a person, silence or reticence.
    • After M. de Kercadiou came M. de Vilmorin, very pale and self-contained, with tight lips and an overcast brow.1921, Rafael Sabatini, chapter II, in Scaramouche

tight lips meaning in Bengali

tight lips in Bengali

একজন ব্যক্তির নীরবতা, স্বল্পভাষিতা

Questions about tight lips

What does tight lips mean?
Tight lips means of a person, silence or reticence.
What is tight lips in Bengali?
Tight lips in Bengali is একজন ব্যক্তির নীরবতা, স্বল্পভাষিতা. See Tight lips meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tight lips?
Tight lips is a noun.

Words near tight lips in the dictionary

  1. tight fives
  2. tight head
  3. tight heads
  4. tight junction
  5. tight junctions
  6. tight lips
  7. tight loop
  8. tight loops
  9. tight money
  10. tight oil
  11. tight pants syndrome

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