TIGER

noun (plural ~s) see: stick Date: before 12th century 1. plural also ~ a large Asian carnivorous mammal ( Panthera tigris ) of the cat family having a usually tawny coat transversely striped with black, any of several large wildcats (as the jaguar or cougar), a domestic cat with striped pattern, Tasmanian ~ , 2. a fierce, daring, or aggressive person or quality , one (as a situation) that is formidable or impossible to control , a groom in livery, ~ish adjective ~ishly adverb ~ishness noun ~like adjective