What does tiger mean?
Definitions for tiger
ˈtaɪ gərtiger
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Princeton's WordNet
tiger(noun)
a fierce or audacious person
"he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"
tiger, Panthera tigris(noun)
large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
Wiktionary
tiger(Noun)
Panthera tigris, a large carnivorous animal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
Etymology: From tygre, in part from tigras (pl.), in part from tigre, both from tigris, from τίγρις, from (compare Avestan , ). More at stick.
tiger(Noun)
A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress
Etymology: From tygre, in part from tigras (pl.), in part from tigre, both from tigris, from τίγρις, from (compare Avestan , ). More at stick.
tiger(Noun)
A leopard.
Etymology: From tygre, in part from tigras (pl.), in part from tigre, both from tigris, from τίγρις, from (compare Avestan , ). More at stick.
tiger(Noun)
A person who is very athletic during intercourse.
Etymology: From tygre, in part from tigras (pl.), in part from tigre, both from tigris, from τίγρις, from (compare Avestan , ). More at stick.
Tiger(Noun)
someone connected with Hull City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Etymology: From tygre, in part from tigras (pl.), in part from tigre, both from tigris, from τίγρις, from (compare Avestan , ). More at stick.
Webster Dictionary
Tiger(noun)
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
Tiger(noun)
fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person
Tiger(noun)
a servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress
Tiger(noun)
a kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger
Tiger(noun)
a pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar
Freebase
Tiger
The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.3 m and weighing up to 306 kg. It is the third largest land carnivore. Its most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. It has exceptionally stout teeth, and the canines are the longest among living felids with a crown height of as much as 74.5 mm or even 90 mm. In zoos, tigers have lived for 20 to 26 years, which also seems to be their longevity in the wild. They are territorial and generally solitary but social animals, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey requirements. This, coupled with the fact that they are indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant conflicts with humans. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Today, they range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by IUCN. The global population in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century, with most remaining populations occurring in small pockets isolated from each other. Major reasons for population decline include habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. The extent of area occupied by tigers is estimated at less than 1,184,911 km², a 41% decline from the area estimated in the mid-1990s.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tiger
tī′gėr, n. a fierce and rapacious feline quadruped, nearly as large as a lion: the jaguar: a servant in livery who rides with his master: a swaggering bully, a low ruffian: (U.S.) one more cheer after a round of cheers: a tiger-beetle:—fem. Tī′gress.—ns. Ti′ger-bee′tle, a cicindela; Tī′ger-cat, a wild-cat: the margay, ocelot, and serval; Tī′ger-flow′er, a Mexican plant cultivated in flower-gardens for its streaked flowers.—adjs. Tī′ger-foot′ed (Shak.), hastening to devour, fierce and rapacious; Tī′gerish, like a tiger in disposition.—ns. Tī′gerism; Tī′ger-lil′y, a species of lily with spotted flowers; Tī′ger-moth, any one of the Arctiidæ, whose larvæ are called woolly bears; Tī′ger-wolf, a name given to the spotted hyena and to the Thylacine.—adj. Tī′grine, like a tiger. [Fr. tigre—L. tigris—Gr. tigris—Zend. tighri, an arrow, whence the river Tigris.]
Editors Contribution
tiger
A type of animal.
Some countries around the world have a tiger that lives in their natural habitat, others keep and care for them in a zoo.
Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2017
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tiger' in Nouns Frequency: #2517
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Tigre
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tiger in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tiger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of tiger in a Sentence
If you look at Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, I think they all make substantially more money today than they were making playing golf, the business opportunities open to Tiger Woods would probably dwarf the other guys.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar:
Our latest estimate today is that India has 70 % of the world's tiger population and we have now 2,226 tigers presently in 47 tiger reserves [ up from 1,706 in 2011 ] and this is a great achievement. It is a net increase of 30 % over the last estimation.
I am nowhere near, I don't think there's any reason to compare, it is awfully early. I'm very excited with where I am at as a start to my career and what Tiger has done.
If a stray tiger comes out of the forest, people know that they will not be killed because of the tiger team. They feel safe.
I was just so happy, still am. And I let Tiger know how honored I am that Tiger Woods picked me and how much it meant to me to be on the team and that Tiger Woods can count on me.
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Translations for tiger
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- tierAfrikaans
- نِمْر, بَبرٌ, نمرArabic
- pələngAzerbaijani
- тыгрBelarusian
- тигърBulgarian
- বাঘBengali
- སྟགTibetan Standard
- tigreCatalan, Valencian
- цӏоькъаломChechen
- tygrCzech
- teigrWelsh
- tigerDanish
- Tiger, TigerinGerman
- τίγρηGreek
- tigroEsperanto
- tigreSpanish
- tiigerEstonian
- tigreBasque
- ببرPersian
- tiikeriFinnish
- tikariFaroese
- tigresse, tigreFrench
- tigerWestern Frisian
- tíogarIrish
- tigresa, tigreGalician
- jaguareteGuaraní
- વાઘGujarati
- טיגריס, נמרHebrew
- बाघ, व्याघ्र, शेरHindi
- tigrisHungarian
- վագրArmenian
- tigreInterlingua
- macan, harimauIndonesian
- tigro, tigrino, tigruloIdo
- tigreItalian
- נמרHebrew
- 虎Japanese
- macanJavanese
- ვეფხვიGeorgian
- жолбарысKazakh
- tiigeriKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ខ្លាធំKhmer
- ಹುಲಿKannada
- 범, 호랑이Korean
- پڵنگKurdish
- жолборсKyrgyz
- tīgrisLatin
- TigerLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ເສືອLao
- tigrasLithuanian
- tīģerisLatvian
- тигарMacedonian
- വ്യാഘ്രം, പുലിMalayalam
- барMongolian
- वाघMarathi
- harimau, macan loreng, macan, harimau belangMalay
- ကျားBurmese
- tijgerDutch
- tigerNorwegian
- náshdóítsoh noodǫ́zígííNavajo, Navaho
- тигрOssetian, Ossetic
- byagghaPāli
- tygrysPolish
- پړانګPashto, Pushto
- tigrePortuguese
- tigruRomanian
- тигрRussian
- व्याघ्रSanskrit
- тигар, tigarSerbo-Croatian
- කොටියාSinhala, Sinhalese
- tigerSlovak
- tigerSlovene
- tigriAlbanian
- lodayaSundanese
- tigerSwedish
- chui-miliaSwahili
- புலிTamil
- పులిTelugu
- бабрTajik
- เสือThai
- gaplaňTurkmen
- tigreTagalog
- kaplanTurkish
- юлбарысTatar
- بارس, يولۋاسUyghur, Uighur
- тигрUkrainian
- شیر, چیتاUrdu
- yolbarsUzbek
- con cọp, con hổVietnamese
- hitigrid, hitigridül, jitigridül, tigrid, jitigrid, tigridül, tiafVolapük
- ingweXhosa
- טיגערYiddish
- 虎Chinese
- ingweZulu
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