Tiger - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtaɪɡər|  American pronunciation of the word tiger
Brit.  |ˈtaɪɡə|  British pronunciation of the word tiger

noun

- a fierce or audacious person
he's a tiger on the tennis court
it aroused the tiger in me
- large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

Extra examples

He was a tiger on the basketball court.

...even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring...

He has a reputation as a tiger on difficult climbs.

He fought like a tiger.

Let him refind his inner rebel, the famous irreverent maverick, let the tiger out of the cage.

...the predaceous animals of the jungle, with the tiger at the top of the food chain...

He moved like a tiger prowling the jungle.

“She's as fierce as a tiger” is a simile, but “She's a tiger when she's angry” is a metaphor.

Tiger characters here a predator.

The elephant drove his long tusks between the tiger's shoulders.

The trainer puts the tiger through its paces.

The snapping of a dry stick is not sufficient to turn the tiger.

The tiger was finally captured two miles outside the village.

In the tiger, nature has produced the perfect hunting machine.

A paw print in the dust was a sign that a tiger was close.

Word forms

noun
singular: tiger
plural: tigers
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