Synonyms for tiger

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tahy-ger

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪ gər

Définition of tiger

Origin : Old English tigras (plural), also in part from Old French tigre (mid-12c.), both from Latin tigris "tiger," from Greek tigris, possibly from an Iranian source. The meaning "shriek or howl at the end of a cheer" is recorded from 1845, American English. Tiger's-eye "yellowish-brown quartz" is recorded from 1891.

noun large cat

Example sentences :

Then the chief slid out of a shadow and come at us like a tiger.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

These attack you—but run—at least the tiger, not the elephant, when you go out after him.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

"It was no tiger at all—that was the joke of the thing," said the major.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

At one end there was a thong with a loop in it, and it smelled of tiger.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

The baron raged like a tiger, and the cottager laid about him like a thresher.
Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock

I saw his eyes glisten through the branches of the tree like those of a tiger.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

It was like the mingled roar of a lion and the snarl of a tiger.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

Soon, from behind a rock, a tiger sprang to attack the wild cat.
Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd

But the travelers, when they saw the tiger in the distance, were all frightened and ran away.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

And thereupon the tiger drew in his tail and ran away himself.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

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