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[ tawt ] / tɔt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR taut ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, taut·er, taut·est.tightly drawn; tense; not slack. emotionally or mentally strained or tense: taut nerves. in good order or condition; tidy; neat. Origin of taut1275–1325; earlier taught,Middle English tought; akin to tow1 SYNONYMS FOR taut3 trim, trig, spruce, smart. SEE SYNONYMS FOR taut ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM tauttautly, adverbtautness, nounun·taut, adjectiveun·taut·ly, adverb un·taut·ness, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tauttaught, taut , tauntWords nearby tauttauromachy, Taurus, Taurus Mountains, Taussig, Taussig-Bing syndrome, taut, Tautavel man, tauted, tauten, tauto-, tautog Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tautThere were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet. Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST Now Kevin Garvey (a taut, tense Justin Theroux) is Mapleton's chief of police. ‘The Leftovers’ Review: A Fever Dream You Can’t Wake Up From|Andrew Romano|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST In fact, they are linked by a taut common thread: innocence encountering the face of evil. Holocaust Horrors Haunt the Films ‘Ida’ And ‘The German Doctor’|Jack Schwartz|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Taut red fabric on the ceiling above the chandelier gives the room a cool, circus-tent vibe. Exploring the Darker Side of James Joyce’s Trieste|Jeff Campagna|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The crowd cheered and whooped for Jerry Lee, who raised a hand and pulled his face in a taut grin. The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST There is less danger of puckering the stuff if you hold it over two fingers (at least), keeping it taut and the thread loose. Art in Needlework|Lewis F. Day There she was, the Dancing Bess, holding a taut bowline to the eastward. Wide Courses|James Brendan Connolly After a considerable time of intense anxiety it was found that the line was taut. From Powder Monkey to Admiral|W.H.G. Kingston It slid across the earth on taut limbs, as if it was going to attack the cows. And Orin, a fixed, taut look on his face, reached forth his hand and touched a button on the panel board. Twelve Times Zero|Howard Carleton Browne
British Dictionary definitions for taut
adjectivetightly stretched; tense showing nervous strain; stressed mainly nautical in good order; neat Derived forms of tauttautly, adverbtautness, nounWord Origin for tautC14 tought; probably related to Old English togian to tow 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tauttense, close, firm, snug, stiff, strained, trim, unyielding, flexed, stressed, stretched |