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taut

Pronunciation: /tɔːt/
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Definition of taut

adjective

  • stretched or pulled tight; not slack:the fabric stays taut without adhesive
  • (especially of muscles or nerves) tense; not relaxed: my voice was taut with anger
  • (of writing, music, etc.) concise and controlled:a taut text of only a hundred and twenty pages
  • (of a ship) having a disciplined and efficient crew: his language was salty and he ran a taut ship

Derivatives

tauten

verb

tautly

adverb

tautness

noun

Origin:

Middle English tought 'distended', perhaps originally a variant of tough

taut in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of taut in the US English dictionary
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