He was a tiger on the basketball court.
even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring
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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 On my right forearm, two tigers dance around a small flame, tied together by the red string of fate.—Renea Baek Goddard, Them, 21 Feb. 2025 Pike and Muskie Hybrid While muskies have been stocked outside their historic range, modern-day fisheries managers are just as likely to introduce tiger muskies, which are a cross between a female muskie and male pike.—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tiger
Word History
Etymology
Middle English tigre, from Old English tiger & Anglo-French tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Greek, probably of Iranian origin; akin to Avestan tighra- pointed; akin to Greek stizein to tattoo — more at stick
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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The first known use of tiger was
before the 12th century
: a large Asian flesh-eating mammal of the same family as the domestic cat with a coat that is typically light brown to orange with mostly vertical black stripes
2
: any of several large wildcats (as the jaguar or cougar)
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