tight as a tick

Definitions

1. 1

   Drunk, inebriated.

   • For there ain't no kick Getting tight as a tick When you know that you're not breaking the law
2. 2

   Fully inflated

   Fully inflated; swollen near to bursting.

   • I blow it up until it's tight as a tick. Just below the skirt through which the lanyard passes, a tiny mouth whistles a single-note tune until the balloon's lungs are emptied.
3. 3

   Unwilling to spend money.

   • The last time she had visited, Sean's father, Tiny Tim, who was tight as a tick with his money, jovially presided over the place, one big yard filled with rusting cars.

The neighborhood

• synonymfull as a goog
• synonymfull as a tick
• synonyminebriated
• synonymintoxicated
• synonymdrunk
• synonymthrifty
• synonymstingy