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tigers   (TTS Sound)

The noun tigers has 1 sense

• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement -- (a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war")

The noun tiger has 2 senses

• tiger -- (a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me")


• tiger, Panthera tigris -- (large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered)