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   Ti·ger

   /ˈtīɡər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a very large solitary cat with a yellow-brown coat striped with black, native to the forests of Asia but becoming increasingly rare.
   • ▪ used to refer to someone fierce, determined, or ambitious: "despite his wound, he still fought like a tiger"
   • ▪ a dynamic economy of one of the smaller eastern Asian countries, especially that of Singapore, Taiwan, or South Korea.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, from Greek.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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