tiger tiger
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It was ice cream heaven. "I'd recommend Tiger, Tiger," he said. "It's the perfect taste for this kind of day.""
- "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."
Etymology
Originally a brand name, presumably inspired by William Blake's 1794 poem The Tyger, which begins: "Tyger Tyger, burning bright".
Usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Uncountable