airtight
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
Definition of airtight
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Impermeable to air or other gases.
“Tupperware founder Earl Tupper in 1946 introduced its plastic products to the public, and subsequently patented their flexible airtight seal.”
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adj
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Impermeable to air or other gases.
“Tupperware founder Earl Tupper in 1946 introduced its plastic products to the public, and subsequently patented their flexible airtight seal.”
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(figuratively)Having no weak points or flaws.
“We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.”
“airtight alibi”
“airtight excuse”
“airtight lie”
“airtight will”
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(figuratively)Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
“when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled.”
“He was ‘air-tight,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances.”
- (figuratively)Triply penetrated simultaneously in the vagina, anus and mouth.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From air + tight.
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