airtight

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   Having no weak points or flaws.

   • We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.
   • airtight alibi
   • airtight excuse
3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      Triply penetrated simultaneously in the vagina, anus and mouth.

The neighborhood

• antonymbreathable
• antonymtranspirable
• neighborcoldtight
• neighborcold-tight
• neighbordrafttight
• neighbordraft-tight
• neighbordraughttight
• neighbordraught-tight
• neighbordriptight
• neighbordrip-tight
• neighbordusttight
• neighbordust-tight
• neighborgastight
• neighborgas-tight