Reverse Dictionary: TIGHTEN, TIGHTENED

ADJECTIVES
1992 — GRUNT-TIGHT tightened by feel rather than by measured torque; said of a bolt, etc. → US sl.

VERBS
1900 — GAG to tighten, so as to prevent motion → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THEETEN to tighten → Eng. dial. (Bk.)