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Etymology

From Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras (pl.), in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Compare English stick.

derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to pierce, prick, be sharp”
derived from τίγρις
derived from tigris
inherited from tigras
inherited from tygre

Definitions

1
Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
- For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.
Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
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1. 4
  A leopard.
  - Jim remarked irrelevantly that tigers were 'schelms' and it was his conviction that there were a great many in the kloofs round about.
2. 5
  A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.
  - In this scenario, the growth rates are higher for the economic tigers than for the other economies.
  - Then came the 2008 credit turmoil and ensuing economic slump, which not only belittled the huge economic and social gains of the various Baltic and Celtic Tigers, as well as of several former communist nations of Central Europe.
3. 6
  A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
  - We arranged that I should come here alone in the London coach; and that he, leaving his tiger and cab behind him, should come on , and arrive here as soon as possible this afternoon
  - The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom.
4. 7
  A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
  - Don't […] Tell your roommate that you heard the walls shaking all night, and it sounds like he's a real tiger in the sack.
5. 8
  A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
  - As for that heinous tiger, Tamora, No funeral rite, nor man in mournful weeds, No mournful bell shall ring her burial; But throw her forth to beasts, and birds of prey.
6. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
7. 10
  A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.
  - . . . every blue coat in the audience sprang to his feet, with three times three and a tiger.
  - One Brooklyn military company has a “tiger” composed of a provincial expression borrowed from the farmers. When drawled out by a hundred throats the phrase "I-wanter-know!" always produces a laugh.
8. The third of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to…
  The third of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
9. A town in Georgia.
10. An unincorporated community in Washington.
11. A popular given name for a pet.
12. Someone connected with Hull City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
13. Acronym of Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing.

The neighborhood

synonymtiger
neighborTigger
neighbortigrine
neighbormammal
neighborfeline
neighborbig cat
neighbortigress
neighborBalinese tiger
neighborBengal tiger
neighborIndian tiger
neighborJavan tiger
neighborSiberian tiger
neighborSouth China tiger

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The neighborhood

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