Tight

adj.

Heard in Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Tipperary

Cruel or nasty. Can also mean someone mean as in "as tight as a fish's hole / duck's arse."

Dat brute is tight with the weeans (kids)!

Posh English

That dreadful brute is singularly ungenerous with the little ones.

Same phrase, other counties

• Mayo
• Galway
• Tipperary

Related terms

• Tight as a ducks holeExtremely mean or tight-fisted with money.
• As tight as a fish's holeExtremely mean or miserly.
• As tight as a duck's arseExtremely mean or parsimonious with money.
• Tight as a duck's arseAn eloquent manner of saying someone is mean with money.
• Tight as a crabs arse at 50 fathomsExtremely tight, especially in a sexual context.
• Tight as tuppence(As tight as two pence) Someone who is mean with money.