standing room only vs tight

standing room only

phrase
  • The situation where an event is so well attended, or public transportation so full, that all of the seats in the venue are occupied, leaving only the ground or the floor for other people. 

tight

adj
  • Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands. 

  • Fitting close, or too close, to the body. 

  • Under high tension; taut. 

  • Unyielding or firm. 

  • Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it. 

  • Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult. 

  • Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof. 

  • Extraordinarily great or special. 

  • Not conceding many goals. 

  • Intimate, close, close-knit. 

  • A car with understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars. 

  • Of a player, who plays very few hands. 

  • Intimately friendly. 

  • Angry or irritated. 

  • Miserly or frugal. 

  • Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open. 

  • Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution. 

  • Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk. 

  • Mean; unfair; unkind. 

  • Scarce, hard to come by. 

  • Limited or restricted. 

adv
  • Soundly. 

  • Firmly, so as not to come loose easily. 

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