tiger tiger
tiger tiger noun: synonym of tiger tail (“ice-cream flavor”).
Noun
tiger tiger (uncountable)
- Synonym of tiger tail (“ice-cream flavor”).
- It was ice cream heaven. "I'd recommend Tiger, Tiger," he said. "It's the perfect taste for this kind of day."1998, Arthur G. Slade, Draugr, page 87
- Tommy walked alone beside the river, ate a screaming-hot burrito from a truck in the park and then cooled his mouth with a tiger-tiger ice-cream cone from a fifties-style diner on Main Street.2009, Anita Daher, On the Trail of the Bushman, page 22
- Synonyms:
- tiger tail
Synonyms of tiger tiger
Origin of tiger tiger
Originally a brand name, presumably inspired by William Blake's 1794 poem The Tyger, which begins: "Tyger Tyger, burning bright".
Questions about tiger tiger
- What does tiger tiger mean?
- Tiger tiger means synonym of tiger tail (“ice-cream flavor”).
- What part of speech is tiger tiger?
- Tiger tiger is a noun.
Words near tiger tiger in the dictionary
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