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.