TIGHT AS A GNAT'S CHUFF

Meaning of TIGHT AS A GNAT'S CHUFF in English

Phrs. Extremely frugal. See 'chuff'.

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S — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GNAT — -gnat- see nate
Interlingua English vocab
GNAT — tipul
English interlingue dictionary
GNAT — tagnok
English-Visayan vocabulary
GNAT — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gnætt; akin to Old English gnagan to gnaw Date: before 12th century any …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHUFF — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e Date: 15th century boor , churl , II. intransitive verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1914 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GNAT — Any member of several species of small Midges are also sometimes called gnats. In North America the name is also …
Английский словарь Британика
TIGHT — I. ˈtīt, usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of thight, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHUFF — I. ˈchəf noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English chuffe, choffe 1. : boor , churl coarse country chuffs 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GNAT — ˈnat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gnætt; akin to Middle High German gnaz …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIGHT — (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight …
Английский словарь Webster
GNAT — (n.) Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus …
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GNAT — (n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed …
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CHUFF — (a.) Stupid; churlish.
Английский словарь Webster
CHUFF — (n.) A coarse or stupid fellow.
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TIGHT — ( superl. ) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GNAT — ( n. ) Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GNAT — ( n. ) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHUFF — ( n. ) A coarse or stupid fellow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHUFF — ( a. ) Stupid; churlish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIGHT — — tightly , adv. — tightness , n. /tuyt/ , adj. tighter, tightest , adv., tighter, tightest . adj. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GNAT — — gnatlike , adj. /nat/ , n. 1. any of certain small flies, esp. the biting gnats or punkies of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHUFF — chuff 1 /chuf/ , n. 1. a rustic. 2. a boor; churl. 3. a miserly fellow. [ 1400-50; late ME …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GNAT — n. any of a number of small two-winged flies
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHUFF — n. a rustic; rude and insensitive person, boor; cheap or stingy person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TIGHT — I. ˈtīt adjective Etymology: Middle English tiht, thyht dense, solid, watertight, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse thēttr tight; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHUFF — I. ˈchəf noun Etymology: Middle English chuffe Date: 15th century : boor , churl II. intransitive verb Etymology: imitative Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIGHT — p.p. of tie. 2. tight ·superl handy; adroit; brisk. 3. tight ·- of tie. 4. tight ·superl somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. …
Webster English vocab
GNAT — noun any fly resembling a culex in form or habits; ·esp., in america, a small biting fly of the genus …
Webster English vocab
CHUFF — adj stupid; churlish. 2. chuff ·noun a coarse or stupid fellow.
Webster English vocab
CHUFF — ■ verb (of a steam engine) move with a regular sharp puffing sound. Origin early 20th cent.: imitative.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TIGHT — [tight] adj [alter. of earlier thight close set, dense, of Scand origin; akin to ON thettr tight; akin to MHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GNAT — [gnat] n [ME, fr. OE gnaett; akin to OE gnagan to gnaw] (bef. 12c): any of various small usu. biting …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHUFF — [chuff] n [ME chuffe] (15c): boor, churl [2]chuff vi [imit.] (1914): to produce noisy exhaust or exhalations: proceed or operate …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GNAT — any member of several species of small flies that bite and annoy humans. Several nonbiting insects, such as the midges, …
Britannica English vocabulary
GNAT — gnat BrE AmE næt ▷ gnats næts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHUFF — chuff BrE AmE tʃʌf ▷ chuffed tʃʌft ▷ chuffing ˈtʃʌf ɪŋ ▷ chuffs tʃʌfs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIGHT — / taɪt; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( tight·er , tight·est ) FIRM 1. held or fixed in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIGHT — I. tight 1 S2 W3 /taɪt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative tighter , superlative tightest ) [ Word Family: adverb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GNAT — gnat /næt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: gnætt ] a small flying insect that bites
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 closely held, drawn, fastened, fitting, etc. (a tight hold; a tight skirt). 2 closely …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHUFF — v.intr. (of a steam engine etc.) work with a regular sharp puffing sound. [imit.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIGHT — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 closely held, drawn, fastened, fitting, etc. (a tight hold; a tight skirt). 2 closely …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHUFF — v.intr. (of a steam engine etc.) work with a regular sharp puffing sound. [ imit. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. closely held, drawn, fastened, fitting, etc. (a tight hold; a tight skirt). 2 closely …
Oxford English vocab
CHUFF — v.intr. (of a steam engine etc.) work with a regular sharp puffing sound. Etymology: imit.
Oxford English vocab
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIGHT — ( tighter, tightest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Tight clothes or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GNAT — ( gnats) A gnat is a very small flying insect that bites people and usually lives near water. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIGHT — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Tight clothes or shoes …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TIGHT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a firm/tight grip ▪ The streets were crowded and she kept a tight grip …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GNAT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And, little by little, the utterly unprecedented thought began buzzing around my cortex, like a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AS — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a critic hails sth/sb as sth (= describes someone or something as very good …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHUFF — [UK] [verb] [I usually + adverb or preposition] - to make the sound of a steam train or to move …
Cambridge English vocab
CHUFF — to smoke, inhale, puff Example: What, are you gonna chuff on that all night?
Slang English vocab
CHUFF — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: SULLEN , ||chuffy, crabbed, ||dorty, gloomy, glum, morose, sulky, surly, ugly
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CHUFF — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: BOOR , ||bosthoon, churl, clodhopper, clown, grobian, mucker 2 Synonyms: MISER , hunks, moneygrubber, muckworm, …
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