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- be tight-lipped
be tight-lipped
be tight-lipped
1. to have an angry expression Dad was harassed and tight-lipped and I thought he was going to lose his temper.
2. to not give any information about something (usually + about ) Army spokesmen are tight-lipped about planned operations.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Lucinda | | [lu:'sində] | |
| Inka | | EENG-kah (Finnish), ING-kah (German) | Frisian, Finnish, German |
| Amati | | [ə'ma:ti] | |
| Zsigmond | | - | Hungarian |
| Olexiy | | - | Ukrainian |
| Judita | | - | Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak |