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tight-lipped definition

tight·-lipped (-lipt′)

adjective

  1. having the lips closed tightly
  2. not saying much; taciturn or secretive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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