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Adjective: taut (tauter,tautest)  tot
  1. Pulled or drawn tight
    "taut sails"
    - tight
     
  2. Subjected to great tension; stretched tight
    "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"

Sounds like: taught, tort

Derived forms: tauter, tautest

See also: tautly, tautness, tense

Encyclopedia: Taut