"tiger" in the noun sense
1. tiger
a fierce or audacious person
"he's a tiger on the tennis court"
"it aroused the tiger in me"
2. tiger, Panthera tigris
large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes endangered
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