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tight spot

tight spot noun: a difficult position.

Noun

tight spot (plural tight spots)

(idiomatic) A difficult position.
- It's been my job for many years and taken me to many places, and into many a tight spot, but, on the railway, you'll always find a comedian in the gang, to raise a laugh and keep you going.1960 April, A. W. Bennett, “The Locomotive Shedmaster's Day”, in Railway Magazine, page 284
- Jays Squeeze Out of Tight Spot Into a 2-1 Lead [title]1992 October 21, Murray Chass, “Jays Squeeze Out of Tight Spot Into a 2-1 Lead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms:

ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tight, spot.

tight spot meaning in Tamil and Bengali

tight spot in Tamil

இடுக்குமுடுக்கு, இறுகலான நிலை

tight spot in Bengali

একটি কঠিন অবস্থান, পরিস্থিতি

Synonyms of tight spot

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Forms of tight spot

plural	tight spots

Questions about tight spot

What does tight spot mean?: Tight spot means a difficult position.
What is tight spot in Tamil?: Tight spot in Tamil is இடுக்குமுடுக்கு, இறுகலான நிலை. See Tight spot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tight spot?: Tight spot is a noun.
What is the plural of tight spot?: The plural of tight spot is tight spots.

Words near tight spot in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: tight spot (page history and authors); tight spot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tight spot (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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