tiger
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1. tiger - Noun
2. Tiger - Proper noun
Meaning
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.
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Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the U.S. reactionaries use to scare people. it looks terrible but in fact it isn't. Of course, the atom bomb is a weapon of mass slaughter, but the outcome of a war is decided by the people--not by one of two new types of weapon.
The tiger depends on the forest; the forest depends on the tiger.
The tiger crouches before he leaps upon his prey.
It is better to be a live rabbit than a tiger.