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tight as a gnat's chuff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.00 in modern English

Syllables
tight as a g-nat's chuff
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely tight (in various senses: narrow, stingy, etc.).

British usage; Slang

Usage

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What does tight as a gnat's chuff mean?
Extremely tight (in various senses: narrow, stingy, etc.).

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