Tiger definition

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A very energetic or persevering person.
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Any of several similar animals.
  • The South American jaguar.
  • The African leopard.
  • The Tasmanian wolf.
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The definition of a tiger is a large, fierce cat from Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes, or a fierce person.

An example of a tiger is a Bengal.

An example of a tiger is a person who always goes after what she wants no matter what.

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(US, slang) A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
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A person regarded as aggressive, audacious, or fierce.
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Any of various similar wild felines, such as the jaguar, mountain lion, or lynx.
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A fierce, belligerent person.
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Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
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A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.

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(South Africa, dated but still used) A leopard.
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(figuratively) A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
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(US, colloquial) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering.

Three cheers and a tiger.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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A town in Georgia.
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An unincorporated community in Washington.
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(soccer) Someone connected with Hull City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
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A large, fierce Asian cat (Panthera tigris), having a tawny coat striped with black.
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A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera tigris) of Asia, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes.
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have a tiger by the tail
  • to find oneself in a situation that has become unexpectedly difficult to manage or resolve
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Noun

Singular:
tiger
Plural:
tigers

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Origin of tiger

  • Middle English tigre from Old English tigras tigers and from Old French tigre both from Latin tigris from Greek of Iranian origin steig- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras (pl.), in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan [script?] (tigri, “arrow"), [script?] (tiγra, “pointed")). More at stick.

    From Wiktionary

Tiger Sentence Examples

  • The Bengal tiger is not unfrequently met with, and wild boars are abundant.

  • The valley between Incisa and Arezzo contains accumulations of fossil bones of the deer, elephant, rhinoceros, mastodon, hippopotamus, bear, tiger, and more.

  • A single tiger is known to have killed 108 people in the course of three years.

  • The tiger frequently makes his presence felt, but is seldom seen; he prefers to prowl in what the Malays call tiger weather, that is, dark, starless, misty nights.

  • The tiger exists in Afghan Turkestan.

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