tiger
(taɪgəʳ )
Word forms: tigers
1. countable noun B1
A tiger is a large fierce animal belonging to the cat family. Tigers are orange with black stripes.
2. See also paper tiger
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Idioms:
a paper tiger
a person, country, or organization that seems to be powerful, but does 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.
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Translations:
Chinese: 老虎
Japanese: トラ
- cement truck
- cemetery
- cemetery grounds
- cemetery plot
- cenotaph
- censor
- censor content
- censor information
- censorious
- censorship
- censorship rules
- censor the press
- censure
- census
- census finding
- census form
- census information
- census records
- census reveals
- cent
- centaur
- centenarian
- centenary
- centenary celebration
- centenary year