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tiger

Definition

  • noun: a large, wild cat that has a coat of usually yellow or orange fur and black stripes and that lives in Asia
  • noun: a large Asian carnivorous mammal ('Panthera tigris') of the cat family having a usually tawny coat transversely striped with black
  • often used in the phrases 'ride a tiger' and 'have a tiger by the tail'
  • synonyms: cat, pussy, johnny

Examples

  • The new laws are just 'paper tigers' without any method of enforcement.

  • He was a 'tiger' on the basketball court.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Anyway... what I got to teII you is this: I Iike you. I Iiked you the first time I Iaid eyes on you. I said, ''She's a tiger. ''She'II beIong to me.'' Anyway... I want you to marry me. I want you to be the mother of my chiIdren. (..)
    1983 Scarface
  • (..) Know what he's been doing? Dragging me to the zoo to Iook at tigers. He says he's gonna buy one. MANNY: Not that you have any now. TONY: You'II Iike that tiger, man. You gonna drive around with a tiger in your passenger seat? Maybe. Some Iady tiger. -How much? -$, fuIIy equipped. (..)
    1983 Scarface