Used in a Sentence

tiger

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tiger.

Editorial note

When a tiger is cornered and they perceive they have no place left to run, the only thing they will do is lash out and hurt you.

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Quick take

Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tiger gathered in one view.

noun

Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

noun

A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.

noun

Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tiger.

noun

Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

noun

A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.

noun

Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.

noun

Certain insects:

Example sentences

1

When a tiger is cornered and they perceive they have no place left to run, the only thing they will do is lash out and hurt you.

2

That strategy is as bad for individual companies as it is for the macroeconomy (Asian tiger bubble comes to mind).

3

Even if you do want to read about Tiger Woods, there's a lot of duplication in the echo chamber of the internet.

4

I am pretty much a Kansas teenage waitress who lost her virginity to Tiger Woods 2 weeks ago.

5

Our CI server monitor has 3 modes: Red, Green, and Tiger Cage Released.

6

But we decided to put on Daniel Tiger during mealtimes for my daughter from ten months old.

7

If you fed it news stories that you are interested in it would quickly discover that you never click on stories about Tiger Woods.

8

It seems like the economic equivalent of getting on the tiger's back.

9

Installers/Mac_OS_X/ Installers/Mac_OS_X/TenFourFox TenFourFox is a build for Tiger and PowerPC.

10

Yeah, maybe a tiger attacks people when it feels threatened.

11

An algorithm would have to be really complicated to discover the fact that just because so many people are interested in New Moon, or Tiger Woods, that doesn't mean I am.

12

Now imagine a 400 pound tiger going berserk.

Quote examples

1

Similar to how Tiger Woods looked unbeatable, the "Tiger Effect." Where him just showing up to the tournament made every play just slightly worse because most likely you're playing for second place money.

2

Tiger: “Hmmm…that’s an interesting take on things.

3

I gotta get shit done, good luck with that.” Apparently turning himself into a killer tiger who just fucking kills all the time has left him without a sense of irony.

4

The human brain hasn't really caught up with technological developments; it has a hard time looking at "boring" things like text/data and paying attention and retaining information, but it is really good at identifying threats (like, say, a tiger).

Proper noun examples

1

It's about how long sega had the dreamcast out, about how long Tiger's Game.com is, etc.

2

It's odd that the pictures of Mac OS X are Tiger.

3

Time to start up MY startup, Rent-A-Tiger.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tiger in a sentence?

When a tiger is cornered and they perceive they have no place left to run, the only thing they will do is lash out and hurt you.

What does tiger mean?

Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

What part of speech is tiger?

tiger is commonly used as noun.