Definition of "tiger" []

• A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera tigris) of Asia, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes. (noun)
• Any of various similar wild felines, such as the jaguar, mountain lion, or lynx. (noun)
• A person regarded as aggressive, audacious, or fierce. (noun)

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• "The profits for selling tiger bone wine to China\'s nouveau riche are so vast that now African lions are killed and smuggled into China in order to supply \ "mock tiger\" for the wineries."
• "The definition of tiger does not tell us the meaning of the word ˜tiger™; it tells us what it is to be a tiger, what a tiger is said to be in respect of itself."
• "When a man sees his friend in the grasp of a tiger, he does not drop his levelled gun on the plea of charity _to the tiger_."