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airtight en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From air + tight.

Meanings

1. Impermeable to air or other gases.
   • Tupperware founder Earl Tupper in 1946 introduced its plastic products to the public, and subsequently patented their flexible airtight seal. 2024 September 18, Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, “Tupperware Files for Bankruptcy Amid Declining Sales and Growing Competition”, in Time, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2024:
2. (figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
   • She creates an airtight world of her imagining. 1990 April 28, Patricia Roth Schwartz, “The Odd Couple”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
   • airtight excuse
   • airtight lie
   • We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.
   • airtight will
   • airtight alibi
3. (figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
   • when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled. 1908, The Plumbers Trade Journal, volume 44, Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company:
   • He was ‘air-tight,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances. 1915 April, Annals of Iowa, Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599
4. (figuratively, of a person) Triply penetrated simultaneously in the vagina, anus and mouth.

Forms

Antonyms

breathable · transpirable

Deriveds

airtightly · nonairtight · airtighten · airtightness

Relateds

driptight · joint-tight · gastight · draughttight · cold-tight · watertight · leak-tight · soiltight · leaktight · weathertight · coldtight · heattight · pressuretight · weather-tight · heat-tight · sandtight · dust-tight · liquid-tight · oil-tight · soil-tight · draught-tight · drip-tight · pressure-tight · raintight · draft-tight · oiltight · light-tight · dusttight · rain-tight · thoughttight · jointtight · drafttight · thought-tight · water-tight · liquidtight · sand-tight · lighttight · gas-tight

Synonyms

hermetic (impermeable to air)

Translations (63)

eo hermetika (impermeable to air or other gases) · fi vedenpitävä (having no weak points or flaws) · da lufttæt (impermeable to air or other gases) · ga aerdhíonach (impermeable to air or other gases) · ca hermètic (having no weak points or flaws) · bg въздухонепроница́ем (impermeable to air or other gases) · cs vzduchotěsný (impermeable to air or other gases) · uk гермети́чний (impermeable to air or other gases) · sv hermetisk (impermeable to air or other gases) · nl sluitend (having no weak points or flaws) · be паветранепраніка́льны (impermeable to air or other gases) · ru гермети́чный (impermeable to air or other gases) · ru воздухонепроница́емый (impermeable to air or other gases) · nb lufttett (impermeable to air or other gases) · ga cruinn (having no weak points or flaws) · nl luchtdicht (impermeable to air or other gases) · ga aerobach (impermeable to air or other gases) · de luftdicht (impermeable to air or other gases) · nl hermetisch (impermeable to air or other gases) · fi kaasutiivis (impermeable to air or other gases) · nl onweerlegbaar (having no weak points or flaws) · pt impermeável (impermeable to air or other gases) · de hieb- und stichfest (having no weak points or flaws) · it ermetico (impermeable to air or other gases) · mk воздухонепро́пустлив (impermeable to air or other gases) · uk повітронепроникни́й (impermeable to air or other gases) · ca hermètic (impermeable to air or other gases) · fi pitävä (having no weak points or flaws) · ja 気密の (impermeable to air or other gases) · fr hermétique (impermeable to air or other gases) · ga aeriata (impermeable to air or other gases) · nn lufttett (impermeable to air or other gases) · cmn 嚴密的 /严密的 (having no weak points or flaws) · cmn 氣密的 /气密的 (impermeable to air or other gases) · bg херметизи́ран (impermeable to air or other gases) · de wasserdicht (having no weak points or flaws) · fr étanche (impermeable to air or other gases) · ja 密閉の (impermeable to air or other gases) · fi hermeettinen (impermeable to air or other gases) · es irrefutable (having no weak points or flaws) · pt hermético (impermeable to air or other gases) · es hermético (impermeable to air or other gases) · el αεροστεγής (impermeable to air or other gases) · bg хермети́чен (impermeable to air or other gases) · fi ilmatiivis (impermeable to air or other gases) · is óhrekjandi (having no weak points or flaws) · cmn 無破綻的 /无破绽的 (having no weak points or flaws) · sv lufttät (impermeable to air or other gases) · is loftþéttur (impermeable to air or other gases) · ga doshéanta (having no weak points or flaws) · de hermetisch (impermeable to air or other gases) · be герметы́чны (impermeable to air or other gases) · pl powietrznoszczelny (impermeable to air or other gases) · et hermeetiline (impermeable to air or other gases) · et õhukindel (impermeable to air or other gases) · pt inexpugnável (having no weak points or flaws) · fr en béton (having no weak points or flaws) · sl zrakotesen (impermeable to air or other gases) · pl szczelny (impermeable to air or other gases) · tl luom (impermeable to air or other gases) · cmn 密封的 (impermeable to air or other gases) · mk херме́тичен (impermeable to air or other gases) · el αρραγής (having no weak points or flaws)