tight-ass
- IPA[ˈtīdas]
美式
- an inhibited, repressed, or excessively conventional person;a person who spends as little money as possible; a miser
noun: tight-ass, plural noun: tight-asses
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名詞
- 1. an inhibited, repressed, or excessively conventional person a well-worn Hollywood theme—repressed tight-ass reformed by intrusion of uncouth slob you are the most buttoned-up tight-arse that I have ever met
- 2. a person who spends as little money as possible; a miser when it comes to money, I’m a tight-ass who is at pains to avoid looking like one he's a notorious tight-arse and is always very hesitant about coughing up for anything
- a person who spends as little money as possible; a miser: he's a notorious tight-arse and is always very hesitant about coughing up for anything when it comes to money, I’m a tight-ass who is at pains to avoid looking like one
Oxford Dictionary