taut
pronunciation
How to pronounce taut in British English:
UK [tɔ:t]
How to pronounce taut in American English:
US [tɔt]
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- Adjective:
- pulled or drawn tight
- subjected to great tension; stretched tight
Word Origin
- taut (adj.)
- mid-13c., tohte "stretched or pulled tight," possibly from tog-, past participle stem of Old English teon "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *tugn, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)), which would connect it to tow (v.) and tie. Related: Tautness.
Example
- 1. Instead australia 's economy has been stretched taut .
- 2. And keeps watch in the workshops under her taut skin .
- 3. He likened the economy to a piece of string stretched taut on a board .
- 4. There was a taut dryness all that summer
- 5. Redford was further compelled by the taut storytelling and artistic challenges .