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tight-ass

Definition of tight-ass

noun

North American informal
  • an inhibited, repressed, or excessively conventional person: a well-worn Hollywood theme—repressed tight-ass reformed by intrusion of uncouth slob

Derivatives

tight-assed

adjective

tight-ass in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of tight-ass in the US English dictionary
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