Tiger in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
Tiger in Konkani कोंकणी
Tiger in Telugu తెలుగు
Tiger in English
- tiger⇄adj. tigerlike.
- tiger⇄clouded leopard ortiger,
an animal of the cat family that resembles the leopard in size, found chiefly in southeastern Asia. It is arboreal, with a very long tail and fangs, and has a grayish color with dark-brown boxlike markings. - tiger⇄expr. buck (or fight) the tiger, (U.S. Slang.)
a. to play faro.
Ex. A third amused the company by informing them as to the luck he had had that day bucking the tiger (Police Gazette).
b. (in faro and roulette) to play against the bank - tiger⇄expr. ride a tiger, to attempt to use something that one may not be able to control and so endanger oneself.
Ex. De Gaulle's insistence on the prolongation of nationalism [did] not extend to the economic sphere ... There [were] uncertainties: one m - tiger⇄Tasmanian wolf ortiger,thylacine.
- tiger⇄tiger, noun.
1a. a large, fierce, flesh-eating mammal of Asia that has dull-yellow fur striped with black. It belongs to the cat family and to the same genus as the lion, jaguar, and leopard.
b. any one of various related animals, such as the