tightener UK /ˈtaɪtn̩ə/US /ˈtaɪtn̩ɚ/ noun2 •Something used to tighten. •(slang, no longer used) A large meal; a feast or blowout.184?, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor One proposed going to Hungerford-market to do a feed on decayed shrimps or other offal laying about the market; another proposed going to Covent-garden to do a 'tightener' of rotten oranges, to which I was humorously invited; […] formstighteners