"tight-fitting" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more tight-fitting [comparative], tighter-fitting [comparative], most tight-fitting [superlative], tightest-fitting [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|more|tighter-fitting|sup2=tightest-fitting}} tight-fitting (comparative more tight-fitting or tighter-fitting, superlative most tight-fitting or tightest-fitting)
  1. (of clothing) Snug, skintight. Synonyms: close-fitting, figure-hugging, form-fitting, slinky, snug, tight, as tight as Dick's hatband, tighter than Dick's hatband, tightfitting Translations (snug, skintight): плътно прилепнал (plǎtno prilepnal) (Bulgarian), tætsiddende (Danish), tyköistuva (Finnish), vartalonmyötäinen (Finnish), tiukka (Finnish), eng anliegend (German), tettsittende (Norwegian Bokmål), obcisły (Polish), ciasnawy (Polish), åtsittande (Swedish)

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