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tiger
ti·ger T0210400 (tī′gər)n.1. a. A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera tigris) of Asia, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes.b. Any of various similar wild felines, such as the jaguar, mountain lion, or lynx.2. A person regarded as aggressive, audacious, or fierce.
[Middle English tigre, from Old English tigras, tigers, and from Old French tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Greek, of Iranian origin; see steig- in Indo-European roots.]
ti′ger·ish adj.tiger (ˈtaɪɡə) n1. (Animals) a large feline mammal, Panthera tigris, of forests in most of Asia, having a tawny yellow coat with black stripes2. (Animals) (not in technical use) any of various other animals, such as the jaguar, leopard, and thylacine3. a dynamic, forceful, or cruel person4. (Economics) a. a country, esp in E Asia, that is achieving rapid economic growthb. (as modifier): a tiger economy. 5. (Historical Terms) archaic a servant in livery, esp a page or groom6. (Animals) short for tiger moth7. slang South African a ten-rand note8. have a tiger by the tail informal to find oneself in a situation that has turned out to be much more difficult to control than one had expected[C13: from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, from Greek, of Iranian origin] ˈtigerish, ˈtigrish adj ˈtigerishly, ˈtigrishly adv ˈtigerishness, ˈtigrishness n ˈtiger-like adj
Tiger (ˈtaɪɡə) n (Banking & Finance) See TIGRti•ger (ˈtaɪ gər)
n., pl. -gers, (esp. collectively for 1 ) -ger. 1. a large, powerful, tawny-colored and black-striped cat, Panthera tigris, of Asia. 2. a person resembling a tiger in fierceness, courage, etc. [before 1000; Middle English tigre, Old English tīgras (pl.) < Latin tīgris, tigris < Greek tígris] ti′ger•ish, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | tiger - a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" | | 2. |  tiger - large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangeredPanthera tigristiger cub - a young tigerbig cat, cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wildgenus Panthera, Panthera - lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigersBengal tiger - southern short-haired tigertigress - a female tiger |
tiger nounRelated words
female tigress
young cubtigernounA perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person:archfiend, beast, devil, fiend, ghoul, monster, ogre, vampire.Translationstiger (ˈtaigə) – feminine ˈtigress – noun a large wild animal of the cat family, with a striped coat. 老虎 虎tiger
tiger teambusiness jargon A team of highly skilled professionals who are assembled to investigate, test, or try to exploit the potential weaknesses of a company's or organization's security system. The tech giant has begun recruiting coders and hackers fresh out of college into tiger teams to stress test vulnerabilities in their new operating system.See also: team, tigerpaper tigerA nation or organization that gives the impression that it is threatening or powerful when, in reality, is not. Many people see North Korea as nothing more than a paper tiger, despite its threats against other countries. The new management team tries to command respect through lots of blustery speeches, but all of us workers just see it as a paper tiger.See also: paper, tigertiger in (one's) tankA lot of vigor, determination, and motivation. A reference to an advertising slogan of the oil company Esso: "Put a tiger in your tank." The company had a tiger in its tank in the late '90s, a seemingly unstoppable juggernaut in the industry, but a series of awful business decisions and the economic crash led it to bankruptcy in 2013. The manufacturers advertise the energy supplement as being able to put a tiger in your tank when you're feeling tired.See also: tank, tigerhave (got) a tiger by the tailTo be involved with someone or something that is powerful and could become troublesome or threatening. Now that I have to work closely with the CEO on this project, I feel like I have a tiger by the tail.See also: by, have, tail, tigercatch a tiger by the tailTo be involved with someone or something that is powerful and could become troublesome or threatening. Now that I have to work closely with the CEO on this project, I feel like I've caught a tiger by the tail.See also: by, catch, tail, tigerride a tigerTo become or find oneself responsible for something risky, precarious, or unsafe to abandon; to do something that is safer to continue than it is to quit. It has now become obvious that our country has been riding a tiger with our military intervention in this region—it was foolish to get involved, but it would be catastrophic to leave now.See also: ride, tigerHe who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.One engaging in a risky or dangerous endeavor may find it easier to continue with it rather than facing the consequences of attempting to quit or abandon it. It has now become obvious that our country has been riding a tiger with our military intervention in this region—he who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.See also: afraid, he, ride, tiger, whothe lady or the tigerAn outcome or resolution to something that is unknowable or unsolvable. Sometimes hyphenated and used as a modifier before a noun. The issue of whether to overhaul the healthcare system is so massive and so convoluted that it has become something of the lady or the tiger for lawmakers. The film closes on a lady-or-the-tiger ending, with the audience never knowing whether the villain or the protagonist is killed.See also: lady, tigera tiger by the tailSomething or some situation that is too risky, overwhelming, or unsafe to abandon; that which is safer to continue than to quit. It is becoming increasingly obvious that we have caught a tiger by the tail with our military intervention in this region—it was foolish to get involved, but it would be catastrophic to leave now. I wouldn't go down the road of high-risk investments like those—you might end up with a tiger by the tail.See also: by, tail, tigerhave a tiger by the tail and have got a tiger by the tail; have a bear by the tailFig. to have become associated with something powerful and potentially dangerous; to have a very difficult problem to solve. You have a tiger by the tail. You bit off more than you could chew. You've had a bear by the tail ever since you agreed to finish that big project.See also: by, have, tail, tigerHe who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.Prov. Sometimes it is more dangerous to stop doing a dangerous thing than it is to continue doing it. Jill: You shouldn't take out another loan. You're already too far in debt. Jane: If I don't take out a loan, I can't make the payments on the loans I already have. You know how it is—she who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.See also: afraid, dismount, he, ride, tiger, wholeopard cannot change its spots, aAlso, the tiger cannot change its stripes. One can't change one's essential nature. For example, He's a conservative, no matter what he says; the leopard cannot change its spots. These metaphoric expressions both originated in an ancient Greek proverb that appears in the Bible (Jeremiah 13:23): "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?" It was first recorded in English in 1546. See also: cannot, change, leopardtiger by the tailSomething too difficult to manage or cope with, as in You know nothing about the commodities market; you'll end up catching a tiger by the tail . This colorful metaphor conjures up the image of grabbing a powerful but fierce animal by the tail, only to have it turn on one. [Second half of 1900s] See also: by, tail, tigera paper tiger If you describe a person, country, or organization as a paper tiger, you mean that although they seem to be powerful, they do not really have any power. Unless the assembly has the power to fire the mayor, it will prove to be nothing but a paper tiger. She had shown the country to be a paper tiger, incapable of defending its territories. Note: This is an old Chinese expression which Chairman Mao applied to the United States in the 1950s. See also: paper, tigera paper tiger an apparently dangerous but actually ineffectual person or thing. This expression became well known in the West from its use by Mao Zedong, the Chinese Communist leader. In an interview in 1946 , he expressed the view that ‘all reactionaries are paper tigers’. 1998 Oldie We fear that the Rail Regulator and the Consultative Committee are paper tigers and a waste of time. See also: paper, tigerhave (or catch) a tiger by the tail = ride a tiger. A similar difficulty confronts those who have a wolf by the ears (see wolf). 1979 Peter Driscoll Pangolin You're taking on an organization with reserves you know nothing about. How do you know you won't be catching a tiger by the tail? See also: by, have, tail, tigerride a tiger take on a responsibility or embark on a course of action which subsequently cannot safely be abandoned. The expression comes from the Chinese proverb ‘He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount’. 1940 Daily Progress (USA) I believe that Hitler is riding a tiger in trying to keep all Europe under control by sheer force. See also: ride, tigera tiger in your tank energy, spirit, or animation. This expression originated as a 1960s advertising slogan for Esso petrol: ‘Put a tiger in your tank’.See also: tank, tigera ˌpaper ˈtiger a person or thing that is less strong, powerful, dangerous, etc. than they/it appears: He claimed that the enemies of his party were paper tigers and not to be feared.This is a translation of a Chinese expression that became well known when it was used by Mao Zedong.See also: paper, tigerhave a tiger by the tail tv. to have become associated with something powerful and potentially dangerous. (Have got can replace have.) You have a tiger by the tail. You bit off more than you could chew. See also: by, have, tail, tigertiger n. a strong and virile man. The guy’s a tiger. Watch out for him. tiger sweat and tiger juice and tiger(‘s) milk n. bad liquor; strong liquor; any beer or liquor. (Older.) This tiger milk would kill a tiger of any age or disposition. Give me some of that tiger juice, will ya? See also: sweat, tigertiger juice verbSee tiger sweatSee also: juice, tigertiger‘s milk verbSee tiger sweatSee also: milktiger milk verbSee tiger sweatSee also: milk, tigertiger by the tail, to have aTo take on something that turns out to be too formidable or difficult. This term, with its vivid image of manually catching a wild beast that rewards one with violent thrashing about (or worse), replaced the earlier catch a Tartar, used from 1663 to the late nineteenth century. Emma Lathen wrote, in Murder Without Icing (1972), “The Sloan Guaranty Trust . . . might well have a tiger by the tail,” alluding to an impossible investment.See also: by, have, tigerthe lady or the tigerA problem with no solution. Frank R. Stockton's short story titled “The Lady, or the tiger” is set in an ancient country whose king held an trial by ordeal. Behind one door was a beautiful woman; behind a second door was a ferocious tiger. Those on trial were forced to open one or the other door without knowing what was on the other side. To choose the one behind which was the woman meant the defendant was innocent, and he was obliged to marry the woman. However, to select the door behind which was the tiger was a sign of guilt, and the defendant would be eaten alive. The king did not approve of his daughter's choice of suitor, who was forced to take the test. The princess knew what was behind both doors, and when her suitor looked to her for a hint, she was faced with a predicament: to indicate the maiden door would mean that her beloved would marry another; to point to the tiger door meant he would be killed. What did the princess do? We'll never know, because Stockton ended the story just as the young man was about to open a door. All we were left with was a terrific phrase to describe any dilemma for which there is no satisfactory solution.See also: lady, tigerpaper tigerSomething that appears dangerous but is not. The phrase comes from a Chinese expression that means what it does in English—something or someone that is all bark but no bite. The phrase is often used in international diplomacy to describe a nation that makes threats but is unlikely to back them up with action.See also: paper, tigerride a tigerTo find yourself in a precarious situation. The phrase comes from “He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.” Which is to say, once you find yourself in a dangerous circumstance, getting out of it can be even more potentially hazardous, whether to your health or your career.See also: ride, tigertiger
tiger, large carnivore of the catcat,
name applied broadly to the carnivorous mammals constituting the family Felidae, and specifically to the domestic cat, Felis catus. The great roaring cats, the lion, tiger, and leopard are anatomically very similar to one another and constitute the genus
..... Click the link for more information. family, Panthera tigris, found in the forests of Asia. There are six subspecies of P. tigris: Amur or Siberian, Sumatran, Malayan, North Indochinese, Bengal, and South China or Amoy. The differences in subspecies are defined for the most part by their ranges. Amur tigers, commonly called Siberian, are native to the area of the Amur River in China, North Korea, and Russia. The Sumatran tiger is found only in Sumatra, the Malayan on the Malay Peninsula, the North Indochinese in parts of Indochina and S China; the South China tiger in central and E China, and the Bengal tiger in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar. Their habitats range from mountain forests to equatorial rain forests. Tigers are the largest species of the cat family. Male tigers are generally about 8 to 10 ft (2.4–3 m) long, including the 3-ft (1.8-m) tail. The Siberian tiger may be 13 ft (4 m) long, including the tail, and weigh 650 lb (290 kg), much larger than any lion. The coat of the tiger is orange-yellow with numerous prominent black stripes; black and albino specimens are sometimes found. The Siberian tiger tends to be the lightest in coloring. The male tiger has no mane comparable to that of a lionlion,
large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera leo, found in open country in Africa, with a few surviving in India. Lions have short-haired coats of tawny brown, with the tail ending in a dark tuft.
..... Click the link for more information. , although it may have a ruff around the sides of the head. Tigers and lions are quite similar anatomically and can be interbred. Tigers are solitary animals and usually hunt at night. A male tiger will have a large range that will overlap with the ranges of several females. Females give birth to two or three cubs, which they raise and train for about two years. Tigers kill a variety of animals, including deer, antelope, wild pigs, and cattle. Tigers try to remain out of sight and hearing of their enemies, especially humans; they prefer fleeing to fighting. They can be killed by wild dogs, elephants, and water buffalos. Man-eating tigers are usually individuals who are too old or sick to capture wild animals. Tigers are good swimmers and enjoy bathing, especially in hot weather, which appears to make them quite uncomfortable. They are poor climbers, taking to trees only in emergencies. The tiger is an endangered species. Trophy hunting of tigers was a common "sport" in the past, especially during the time of the Raj in India, when tens of thousands of Bengal tigers were shot. The greatest threats to the tiger now, however, are loss of natural habitat, loss of prey species such as deer and wild cattle to hunting by humans, and poaching. Tiger bone is used in traditional Chinese medicines to treat a variety of ailments, including rheumatism and impotence, and its sale and use continue despite a ban imposed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in 1976. Three tiger subspecies, the Caspian, Javan, and Balinese tigers, are extinct; the South China tiger is very near extinction. According to 1995 population estimates, the Bengal tiger is believed to be the most numerous, with a population of 4,000. It is followed by the Indochinese tiger (1,100), the Sumatran tiger (400), and the Siberian tiger (250). Some population rebounds have been noted since then, however, in eastern Siberia, Nepal, and some parts of India owing to increased conservation efforts, but the Bengal tiger population in India has suffered from serious poaching for the Chinese medicinal and animal skin markets. Its population was estimated to have fallen to nearly one third the 1995 estimate by 2008, but subsequently the numbers recovered to more than 2,000. Captive breeding programs for tigers have met with considerable success but are plagued by a lack of space and the problem of maintaining genetic purity between subspecies that are defined more by range than by biological differences. Tigers are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Felidae. Tiger (religion, spiritualism, and occult)The Tiger is one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. It refers to one of the 12 earthly branches that are used in Chinese astrology, together with the 10 heavenly stems. Such a branch designates one day every 12 days: the days are named according to a sexagesimal (60) cycle, made of 10 series of 12 branches. The Tiger radiates gifts, luck, and often beauty. He is a remarkable leader, with a liking for grandeur and a lot of style, but he lacks elementary self-control: he does not like half-hearted people and he proves to be rather explosive. Proud, he fiercely enjoys his independence; he is rebellious and madly reckless. Extremely demanding, he cannot stand treachery. He has a thirst for adventures and exploits. His passionate attitude often borders on self-destruction. —Michele Delemme Tiger (Panthera tigris), a mammal of the family Felidae. The tiger, one of the largest of recent predators, measures approximately 3 m in length and has a tail 1.1 m in length; its height at the shoulder is approximately 1.2 m. The tiger has powerful neck and paw muscles and short ears and whiskers. The coat is short and smooth in southern varieties and fluffy in northern ones. The background color of the back and sides is reddish, and of the throat and underparts, white; the body is covered with narrow black transverse stripes. There are approximately seven geographic varieties of the tiger, found mainly in Southeast Asia, Pakistan, India, Indochina, and the Malay Archipelago. At one time tigers inhabited Transcaucasia and Middle Asia. Approximately 100 individuals now inhabit Primor’e Krai. The world population of tigers living in the wild, as high as 30,000 in the 1930’s, fell to approximately 2,500 by the 1960’s. The tiger is under international protection and is listed in the Red Data Book of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. In the early 1970’s, 12 tiger sanctuaries were established in India. The tiger inhabits shrubs and thickets of reeds and bamboo, as well as mountain forests. It avoids very snowy regions but tolerates frosts well. It feeds chiefly on wild ungulates and occasionally attacks domestic livestock, dogs, and bears. Tigers attack human beings only very rarely; man-eaters are usually old or sick animals that are incapable of hunting ungulates. The tiger overtakes its prey with a mighty leap. It pursues the prey no more than 100–150 m when it fails to catch it on the first attempt. A tigress reproduces once in two or three years and gives birth to two to four and, rarely, six young. The average gestation period is 105 days. Tigers build dens in clefts of rocks, caves, shrubs, and reed thickets. The life-span is usually 20 years or more. Tigers are primarily nocturnal animals of great strength, dexterity, and stamina. Their usual means of locomotion is walking; however, they are good swimmers. Only young tigers climb trees. Tigers can jump as much as 7 m in length and 2 m in height. The life of the tiger is sedentary if food is abundant. Fossil tigers have been found in Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits in China and Primor’e Krai, USSR. Tigers were once prized by sportsmen and commercial hunters for their splendid fur. Tigers are caught live for zoos; they reproduce in captivity. REFERENCESBaikov, N. A. Man’chzhurskii tigr. Harbin, 1925.
Kaplanov, L. G. Tigr, iziubr’, los’. Moscow, 1948.
Mlekopitaiushchie Sovetskogo Soiuza, vol. 2, part 2. Edited by V. G. Geptner and N. P. Naumov. Moscow, 1972.N. K. VERESHCHAGIN tiger[′tī·gər] (vertebrate zoology) Felis tigris. An Asiatic carnivorous mammal in the family Felidae characterized by a tawny coat with transverse black stripes and white underparts. tigeraims at annihilating mankind. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 55]See: Savagerytiger1. a large feline mammal, Panthera tigris, of forests in most of Asia, having a tawny yellow coat with black stripes 2. any of various other animals, such as the jaguar, leopard, and thylacine 3. a. a country, esp in E Asia, that is achieving rapid economic growth b. (as modifier): a tiger economy 4. Archaic a servant in livery, esp a page or groom 5. short for tiger mothTiger(1) Version 10.4 of the Mac OS X operating system. Introduced in 2005, Tiger includes the Spotlight desktop search and RSS syndication support for the Safari Web browser. It also introduced Dashboard, a launching pad for mini applications known as "widgets" for functions such as weather, dictionary and address book. Dashboard became so popular, it spawned more than a thousand widget apps. See Mac OS X and Mac Dashboard.
(2) An earlier code name for Multimedia Server from Microsoft, which provided multimedia video-on-demand for Windows NT.Tiger (dreams)This large and very beautiful cat can symbolize femininity, power, anger, unforgiving vengeance, great force, and cunning. Tigers cannot be ignored, and usually they get exactly what they go after. Consider all of these characteristics and try to see if they apply to your or anyone else’s current mood or character.TIGER
TIGERTechnology Informatics Guiding Education Reform.TIGER
TIGERSee: Treasury Investors Growth ReceiptTreasury Investment Growth ReceiptA Treasury security whose coupons have been stripped by Merrill Lynch. TIGRs therefore pay no interest. They are sold at a significant discount from par and mature at par. TIGRs fluctuate in price, sometimes dramatically, because changes in interest rates have made them more or less desirable. TIGRs can be invested IRAs and other pension accounts; they are also exempt from state and local taxes. They were originally issued between 1982 and 1986, becoming more-or-less obsolete when the U.S. Treasury began issuing its own stripped bonds. They still exist, but are fairly uncommon investments. See also: zero-coupon bonds, STRIPS.
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tiger
Related to tiger: Tiger WoodsSynonyms for tigernoun a perversely bad, cruel, or wicked personSynonyms- archfiend
- beast
- devil
- fiend
- ghoul
- monster
- ogre
- vampire
Synonyms for tigernoun a fierce or audacious personRelated Words- individual
- mortal
- person
- somebody
- someone
- soul
noun large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripesSynonymsRelated Words- tiger cub
- big cat
- cat
- genus Panthera
- Panthera
- Bengal tiger
- tigress
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