Word: tiger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras (pl.), in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Compare English stick. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɡə/, /ˈtaɪɡɚ/, [ˈtʌɪɡɚ], /ˈtɑɪɡə/ 1. Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. Example: 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. 2. Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. Example: Coordinate term: tigress 3. Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc. 4. Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc. Example: What you mean is that no scientist has captured one and been able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it exists, which is probably very good news for the tiger. 5. Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc. Labels: obsolete Example: 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. 6. Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc. 7. Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc. 8. Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc. 9. Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc. 10. A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms. Example: The heraldic tiger is a mythical beast, quite unlike a real tiger which is described in heraldry as a Bengal tiger. The ordinary tiger has no stripes, has a horn protruding from its nose, has tusks like a boar and a tufted mane, and has a lion's tail instead of a tiger's. 11. A leopard. Labels: South-Africa Example: Jim remarked irrelevantly that tigers were 'schelms' and it was his conviction that there were a great many in the kloofs round about. 12. A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy. Example: In this scenario, the growth rates are higher for the economic tigers than for the other economies. Example: Then came the 2008 credit turmoil and ensuing economic slump, which not only belittled the huge economic and social gains of the various Baltic and Celtic Tigers, as well as of several former communist nations of Central Europe. 13. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. Labels: obsolete Example: We arranged that I should come here alone in the London coach; and that he, leaving his tiger and cab behind him, should come on , and arrive here as soon as possible this afternoon Example: The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom. 14. A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse. Labels: US, slang Example: Don't […] Tell your roommate that you heard the walls shaking all night, and it sounds like he's a real tiger in the sack. 15. A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person. Labels: figuratively Example: As for that heinous tiger, Tamora, No funeral rite, nor man in mournful weeds, No mournful bell shall ring her burial; But throw her forth to beasts, and birds of prey. 16. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.