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
- 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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