Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, tight as may be made by the hand; moderately tight. Also
hand-taut .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective As tight as can be made by the hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective As tight as can be made by the
strength of one's hand wielding a standardtool : that is, without special equipment orleverage .
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Examples
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Doriguzzi said the hydrant cap was only hand-tight, indicating someone had tampered with it, since firefighters tighten the caps enough that it takes mechanical help to open them.
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One might be extremely tight, then a quite loose one, just barely past hand-tight, followed by another extremely tight.
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