Definition of Taut

a.1.(Naut.) Tight; stretched; not slack; - said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
2.Snug; close; firm; secure.
Taut hand
(Naut.) a sailor's term for an officer who is severe in discipline.


Related Words

all ataunto, anxious, apprehensive, ataunt, bungup and bilge-free, close, dragged out, drawn, drawn out, elongated, extended, in suspense, in trim, keyed-up, lengthened, neat, on edge, on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, orderly, pokerlike, prolongated, prolonged, protracted, pulled, quivering, ramrodlike, renitent, rigid, rodlike, shipshape, smart, spruce, spun out, starched, starchy, stiff, stiff as buckram, straggling, strained, stretched out, stretched tight, strung out, tidy, trig, trim, under a strain, unrelaxed, uptight, virgate, with bated breath, with muscles tense


Search

Word:

Browse

Taught
Taunt
Taunter
Taunting
Tauntingly
Tauntress
Taupie
Taur
Tauricornous
Taurid
Tauridor
Tauriform
Taurine
Taurocholate
Taurocholic
Taurocol
Tauromachian
Tauromachy
Taurus
Taurylic
Taut hand
Tautaug
Tautegorical
Tautochrone
Tautochronous
Tautog
Tautologic
Tautological
Tautological echo
Tautologist
Tautologize
Tautologous
Tautology
Tautomeric
Tautomerism
Tautoousian
Tautophonical
Tautophony
Tautozonal
Tavern
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
© 2008 Interapple, Inc.Cover