Tigger
Syllables: Tig·ger/ˈtɪɡə/US/ˈtɪɡɚ/
Tigger noun: an overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.
Noun (1)
Tigger (plural Tiggers)
- An overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.
- Whereas Olivier, particularly when first nights approached in which he was appearing, invited protectiveness from those around him, Hall was sometimes like a Tigger whom others wanted to unbounce.1978, John Elsom, Nicholas Tomalin, The History of the National Theatre, Cape, →ISBN, page 257
- Never again, I trust, will I hear the play's first word ("If") so underlined as if there is philosophically every reason to doubt that music be the food of love, and never again, I trust, will I be led to find myself thinking in the first scene of Orsino as an understudy rehearsing King Lear in his...1995, Mark Scott, “Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations”, in Michael Magoulias...
Noun (2)
Tigger (plural Tiggers)
- A member of The Independent Group for Change, a pro-European British political party that existed in 2019.
- Nor is there any sign that Corbyn is at present willing to make any overtures to the eight Tiggers and those who may be contemplating joining them.2019 February 25, John Crace, “The Independent Group may have secured another Tory government. That's not an accident”, in British GQ
- For one Tigger in particular, Chuka Umunna, 2019 was quite a rollercoaster. Over the course of the year, he was an MP for Labour, an MP for The Independent Group, an MP for the Lib Dems, and then an MP for no one.2020 January 31, Michael Deacon, “The 20 funniest moments of Brexit”, in The Telegraph
Examples of Tigger in a sentence
- He was like a Tigger: he didn't walk; he bounced.1999, Thisbe Nissen, Out of the girls' room and into the night, University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 176:
- In fact, Joan Ryan MP (the first Labour MP to jump ship to the Tiggers/Change UK) said, after I'd confessed to her about the dog shampoo, ‘Well, I think your coat looks very nice.’2020 March 19, Rachel Johnson, Rake's Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis, →ISBN:
Forms of Tigger
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Origin of Tigger
An alteration of tiger, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) as the name of the tiger friend of Winnie-the-Pooh, who is introduced in The House at Pooh Corner (1928) and described as “a Very Bouncy Animal”.
From the initials of The Independent Group + -er.
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Words that rhyme with Tigger
Questions about Tigger
- What does Tigger mean?
- Tigger means an overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.
- How do you use Tigger in a sentence?
- He was like a Tigger: he didn't walk; he bounced.
- What part of speech is Tigger?
- Tigger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Tigger?
- Tigger is pronounced /ˈtɪɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Tigger?
- The plural of Tigger is Tiggers.
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