Definition of "up-tight" [up-tight]

• Alternative spelling of uptight. (adjective)

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• "It's all these up-tight old people and that probably includes you that waste both time (as I'm doing now) and money on such issues."
• "I went to New York one time and everybody seemed in a hurry and up-tight."
• "I know a lot of these people well enough to say that they are not quite as up-tight about that joke as some of your critics might suggest."