Tiger

Tiger Meanings:

• 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
• Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person
• A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress
• A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger
• A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar
• (Canada, Inland Northern American, New England, some speakers) IPA(key):
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪɡə/
• Homophone: taiga (nonrhotic)
• Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. Hypernym: felid Hyponyms: tiger cub, tigressA male tiger; as opposed to a tigress. Coordinate term: tigress
• (heraldry) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
• (South Africa, dated but still used) A leopard.
• (obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
• (US, slang) A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
• (figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
• Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus.
• A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.
• Tigre, Tigré, greit, tigre
• IPA(key): (Revived Middle Cornish) /ˈtiːɡɛr/, (Revived Late Cornish) /ˈtiːɡɐr/
• Dutch: tijger
• Limburgish: tieger
• a tiger (Panthera tigris)
• Middle English: tygre, tygur, tygyr, tigre, tiger, teger, tegreEnglish: tiger (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: teeger
• “tiger”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• [slang] 1. Tiger is a word said condescendingly by someone at least 1 year older than someone else, often but not exclusively by a retiree to a teenager. It makes fun of the younger person's energetic, unlearned, immature, vicious, aggresive, dynamic persona. 2. A good friend. 3. An Acquaintance.
• [slang] A striped jungle cat, the largest member of the cat family. Endangered. Their natural habitat and food in and around India is decreasing and more than laws to protect them are needed for these undeniably viscious but remarkable creatures.
• [slang] 1. a giant striped cat in asia 2. a fierce and willful person 3. a german war tank 4. a symbol of a totalitarian and oppressive government like fascism/nazism and communism 5. a symbol of military might and imperialism
• [slang] The largest of all big cats. Tigers live in India, Asia, Japan, and a few other places. They live in tropical rainforests and feed off of other animals (aka they're a carnivor). Unlike most cats, tigers love the water. They are orangey-brown and have magnificent stripes. They are very endangered because of destruction of their habitats, and also because of human insanity. Humans kill tigers for their beautiful striped coat. (If you ask me, it looks better on a tiger than as a mat or on some hag's body.) They don't eat humans, however if they are hungry enough I'm sure they would. They very well may attack a human if one is in a tiger's habitat ( Hey, I would too). I don't blame them. Some (crazy) animal trainers for circuses and animal amusement thingies like that train tigers to hop on their hind legs (yeah, right) and jump through rings of fire, and etc, etc. Of course, no wild animal in their right mind would NEVER do such a thing like that. But any who, tigers are one magnificent creature that I think should be worshipped and sacred. And to some people, they are. Oh, and also they have very sharp claws and big sharp teeth. They live alone besides when females are raising cubs.