tiger


Definition: Meaning of, tiger in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈtʌɪɡə /

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tiger tigers
[countable]
  1. a large wild animal that has yellow and black lines on its body and is a member of the cat family
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tiger used in phrases

  • Asian tiger mosquito (noun)
    1. striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
  • Bengal tiger (noun)
    1. southern short-haired tiger
  • Columbia tiger lily (noun)
    1. lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers
  • Tasmanian tiger (noun)
    1. rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
  • Woods, Tiger
    1. (1975- ) a US GOLFER who, in 1997, became the youngest person ever to win the US MASTERS TOURNAMENT . In 2000 he won the US Open and The Open (in Britain). This made him the youngest player to have won all four Majors (= the two Opens, the US Masters, and the PGA) . In 2001 he won the US Masters to complete a GRAND SLAM of holding all four major titles at the same time.
  • false saber-toothed tiger (noun)
    1. north American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
  • paper tiger (noun)
    1. an enemy or opponent who seems powerful but actually is not
  • saber-toothed tiger (noun)
    1. any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
  • sabre-toothed tiger (noun)
    1. any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
  • sand tiger (noun)
    1. shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
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