Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
tigerish .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling a tiger; tigerish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective figuratively, poetic, rare Of or pertaining to
tigers ;tigerish
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Examples
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She turned on me with what I can only describe as tigrish ferocity.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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The little lady, grown now to strong and stately maidenhood, had been ever something of the good genius, the better soul, to Lucius Verus, by the law of contraries, her somewhat cold and apathetic modesty acting as counterfoil to the young man's tigrish fervour.
Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 Walter Pater 1866
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I don't think we're in major trouble, Song is more than capable, Diaby and Denilson probably are there or near enough. pedro - point i was making was i'm not convinced alonso is what we need. i think we shuda snapped up veloso if he was available for 14m. he's the tigrish midfielder we need
WordPress.com News 2008
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There were rumours earlier this month that Gattuso has fallen out with manager Carlo Ancelotti, and (partly due to the influence of his Scottish wife), the tigrish midfielder has often stated his desire to return to Britain.
Gunnerblog 2008
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There were rumours earlier this month that Gattuso has fallen out with manager Carlo Ancelotti, and (partly due to the influence of his Scottish wife), the tigrish midfielder has often stated his desire to return to Britain.
Gunnerblog 2008
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