tiger

noun

ˈtī-gər How to pronounce tiger (audio)
Definition of tigernext
as in shark
an aggressive and fiercely determined person even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring

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Recent Examples of tiger The company is also working on bringing back the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger. — Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025 The double ridges observed around the tiger stripe may also provide an additional line of evidence for shear heating. — Victoria Corless, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Per the clip, the tiger entered the container first before being raised to safety. — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025 Decked out with tiger print rugs from Roberto Cavalli Home, leopard print wallpaper, champagne gold displays, green marble panels, and geometric parquet floors, the boutique brings to life the Italian fashion house’s frenetic print-laden aesthetic. — Marissa Muller, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tiger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiger
  1. shark
  2. barracuda
  3. bully
  4. pit bull
  5. fighter
Noun
  • Saya de Malha Bank offers safe haven to an unprecedented biodiversity of seagrass habitats for turtles and breeding grounds for sharks, humpback and blue whales.
    — Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
  • This elusive shark, previously known only from fish markets, was recorded at depths of over 1,700 feet.
    — Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of shark
Noun
  • There, guests can swim amid psychedelic colored wrasses and butterflyfish, and backstroke with barracudas and reef sharks.
    — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Photo by Rita Harper Day 4: Fly over alligators, bite into barracuda, and hunt antiques Grab a quick (but exceptional) quiche at the hotel Columns before a 20-minute drive to the Maurepas Swamp, northwest of New Orleans.
    — Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of barracuda
Noun
  • Not for the first time, the violence of a bullying threat is directly proportional to the vulnerability that’s been exposed in the bully.
    — Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Trump’s habit of threatening tariffs to bully other nations into cooperation with his policy goals, then retreating, then threatening again and sometimes actually imposing stiff levies, has unnerved investors, throwing the stock market into a period of volatility.
    — Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of bully
Noun
  • On Tuesday, March 25, police found a male pit bull mix without a collar in a dumpster in Ann Arbor, Mich., according to the City of Ann Arbor Police Department.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Milo, a 3-year-old terrier pit bull mix, didn’t have a good life up until someone finally started looking out for him, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said in a March 21 Facebook post.
    — TJ Macias, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of pit bull
Noun
  • The bilateral war game features mock aerial combat between French Rafale-M and Indian MiG-29K fighter jets, which are deployed aboard their respective aircraft carriers, the Charles de Gaulle and Vikrant.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Troubled airplane maker Boeing surged 3.1% after Trump said Boeing will build the Air Force’s future fighter jet.
    — Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of fighter

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