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Tiger

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Noun

1. tiger

a fierce or audacious person

Example Sentences:
'he's a tiger on the tennis court'
'it aroused the tiger in me'

2. panthera tigris, tiger

large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tiger

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noun
1. 
a large feline mammal, Panthera tigris, of forests in most of Asia, having a tawny yellow coat with black stripes
2. (not in technical use)
any of various other animals, such as the jaguar, leopard, and thylacine
3. 
a dynamic, forceful, or cruel person
4. 
a. 
a country, esp in E Asia, that is achieving rapid economic growth
b. 
(as modifier)
a tiger economy
5. archaic
a servant in livery, esp a page or groom
6.  short for tiger moth
7. South Africa slang
a ten-rand note
8.  have a tiger by the tail
noun
TIGR

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Tiger

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nounWord forms: plural ˈtigers or ˈtiger
1. 
a large, fierce Asian cat (Panthera tigris), having a tawny coat striped with black
2. 
any of several similar animals
; esp.,
a. 
the South American jaguar
b. 
the African leopard
c. 
the Tasmanian wolf
3. 
a. 
a very energetic or persevering person
b. 
a fierce, belligerent person
4.  US, Archaic
a loud yell (often the word “tiger”) at the end of a round of cheers

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tiger

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n.
1.
a. A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera tigris) of Asia, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes.
b. Any of various similar wild felines, such as the jaguar, mountain lion, or lynx.
2. A person regarded as aggressive, audacious, or fierce.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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