Trends ofcougar
View usage for:
cougar
(kuːgəʳ)
Word forms: plural cougars
countable noun
A cougar is a wild member of the cat family. Cougars have brownish-grey fur and live in mountain regions of North and South America.
[mainly US]regional note: in BRIT, use pumacougar in British English
(ˈkuːɡə)
noun
1. another name for puma
2. US and Canadian slang
a woman in her 30s or 40s who actively pursues casual sexual relationships with young men
Word origin
C18: from French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, from Tupi suasuarana, literally: deerlike, from suasú deer + rana similar tocougar in American English
(ˈkugər; ˈkuˌgɑr)
nounWord forms: plural ˈcougars or ˈcougar
a large, powerful, tawny cat (Puma concolor) with a long, slender body and a long tail; puma; mountain lion: it was once found widely from Canada to Patagonia but is now considered an endangered species
Word origin
Fr couguar, contr. (by Buffon) < cuguacuara, faulty transcription of Port çuçuarana, for Tupí susuarana, lit., false deer < suusú, deer + rana, false: so named from its colorImage ofcougar
© Anan Kaewkhammul, shutterstock
Examples of 'cougar' in a sentencecougar
Word lists withcougar
fauna- forsaker
- for sale
- forsay
- for sb's consumption
- for sb's delectation
- for sb's part
- for sb's sake
- for scientists, this is less important
- for several days/weeks at a stretch
- touch-ready
- touch rugby
- touch-screen
- touchscreen
- touch-sensitive
- touch someone up
- touch something off
- touch something up
- touchstone
- touch system
- touch the heart of
- touch-tone
- touch-type
- touch-typing
- touch-typist
- touch up