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1. (n.) tiger
a large, powerful, tawny-colored and black-striped cat, Panthera tigris, of Asia.
2. tiger
a person resembling a tiger in fierceness, courage, etc.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME tigre, OE tīgras (pl.) < L tīgris, tigris < Gk tígris)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tiger
a fierce or audacious person
"he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"
2. (noun) tiger, Panthera tigris
large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
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1. (noun) tiger
a large wild cat with black and orange stripes
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tiger
a very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger
2. (noun) tiger
fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person
3. (noun) tiger
a servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress
4. (noun) tiger
a kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger
5. (noun) tiger
a pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar
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Sense: a large wild animal of the cat family, with a striped coat.
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 Afrikaans: tier |
 Arabic: نَمِر |
 Bulgarian: тигър |
 Brazilian: tigre |
 Czech: tygr; tygřice |
 German: der/die Tiger(in) |
 Danish: tiger |
 Greek: τίγρης, τίγρη |
 Spanish: tigre; tigresa |
 Estonian: tiiger |
 Farsi: ببر |
 Finnish: tiikeri |
 French: tigre; tigresse |
 Hebrew: נָמֵר |
 Hindi: बाघ |
 Croatian: tigar |
 Hungarian: tigris |
 Indonesian: harimau |
 Icelandic: tígrisdÿr |
 Italian: tigre |
 Japanese: 虎 |
 Korean: 호랑이 |
 Lithuanian: tigras |
 Latvian: tīģeris |
 Malay: harimau |
 Dutch: tijger |
 Norwegian: tiger |
 Polish: tygrys |
 Portuguese: tigre |
 Romanian: tigru |
 Russian: тигр |
 Slovenian: tiger |
 Serbian: tigar |
 Swedish: tiger, tigrinna |
 Thai: เสือ |
 Turkish: kaplan |
 Taiwanese: 老虎 |
 Ukrainian: тигр |
 Urdu: چيتا |
 Vietnamese: con hổ |
 Chinese: 虎 |
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