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tigerproof

tigerproof adjective: resistant to tiger attack.

Adjective

tigerproof (comparative more tigerproof, superlative most tigerproof)

  1. Resistant to tiger attack.
    • All tigerproof, drum-tight, drum-tight, / Despite the rumor which hour upon hour / Over every side hovers and beneath crawls; […]1944, Harold Vinal, Voices, number 119, page 35
    • 'Do I look tigerproof?'
      'You look like a demented Asterix.'2012, Kate Orman, Doctor Who: The Year Of Intelligent Tigers

Forms of tigerproof

comparativemore tigerproof
superlativemost tigerproof

Origin of tigerproof

From tiger + -proof.

Questions about tigerproof

What does tigerproof mean?
Tigerproof means resistant to tiger attack.
What part of speech is tigerproof?
Tigerproof is an adjective.

Words near tigerproof in the dictionary

  1. tigerly
  2. Tigerman
  3. tigermeat
  4. tigernut
  5. tigernuts
  6. tigerproof
  7. tigers
  8. tigerskin
  9. tigerskins
  10. tigersona
  11. tigersonas

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