ADJ
man-eating | marauding | sabre-toothed
TIGER + VERB
growl, purr, roar | spring
maul sb
A tiger mauled the hunter's arm during the safari accident.
prowl
The tiger prowled through the forest at night, hunting for food.
TIGER + NOUN
cub | skin | hunt
noun
Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.
Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
Coordinate term: tigress
Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
Similar is the test among the Moxos of Peru. One of their totems is the tiger; and a candidate for the rank of medicine-man must prove his kinship to the tiger by being bitten by that animal and surviving the bite.
noun
A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.
He spoke with a very strong Scotch accent, and is by no means a graceful orator, but he produced througout a most favourable impression upon all his hearers, and especially upon the students, one of whom shouted as the speaker closed, 'Long Live PRESIDENT M'COSH!' and then proposed three cheers, which were given with a will, followed by the usual tiger and ' rocket.'
. . . every blue coat in the audience sprang to his feet, with three times three and a tiger.
name
The third of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
A town in Georgia.
An unincorporated community in Washington.
A popular given name for a pet.
Something or someone that appears powerful, strong or threatening but is in reality weak, ineffective, or unable to withstand challenge.
The League of Nations was by this time scarcely even a paper tiger, devoid of credibility since its divisions and pusillanimity had been so clearly laid bare following Mussolini's
A pure gamble with highly divergent outcomes.
To be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.
"We have the tiger by the tail," Paul whispered. "We can't go down, can't land…and I don't think I can lift us out of this. We'll have to ride it out."
To be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.
"Sounds like you have a tiger by the tail. Hawthorne won't go down without a battle and will probably sue you if he wins," Clair admonished.
Something entirely different; a whole other thing or matter.
For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pac
WiktionaryCoordinate term: tigress
WiktionarySimilar is the test among the Moxos of Peru. One of their totems is the tiger; and a candidate for the rank of medicine-man must prove his kinship to the tiger by being bitten by that animal and survi
WiktionaryHe spoke with a very strong Scotch accent, and is by no means a graceful orator, but he produced througout a most favourable impression upon all his hearers, and especially upon the students, one of w
Wiktionary. . . every blue coat in the audience sprang to his feet, with three times three and a tiger.
WiktionaryOne Brooklyn military company has a “tiger” composed of a provincial expression borrowed from the farmers. When drawled out by a hundred throats the phrase "I-wanter-know!" always produces a laugh.
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