Tigger
See also: tigger
English
Etymology 1
From the name of the tiger friend of Winnie the Pooh, an alteration of tiger, who is described (in The House at Pooh Corner) as “a Very Bouncy Animal”.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: Tig‧ger
Noun
Tigger (plural Tiggers)
- An overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.
- 1978, John Elsom and Nicholas Tomalin, The History of the National Theatre, Cape, →ISBN, pg. 257:
- 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.
- 1995, Mark Scott, Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, volume 26 of Shakespearean Criticism, Ed. Michael Magoulias, Gale Research Co., →ISBN, pg. 291:
- 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 opening scene, or as a Tigger in an absolute frenzy to be even more bouncy than usual.
- 1999, Thisbe Nissen, Out of the girls' room and into the night, University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, pg. 176:
- He was like a Tigger: he didn't walk; he bounced. He pissed some people off, too, with his lackadaisical, what's-a-schedule? unreliable ways.
- 1978, John Elsom and Nicholas Tomalin, The History of the National Theatre, Cape, →ISBN, pg. 257:
Derived terms
Translations
overly enthusiastic or energetic person
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Further reading
Etymology 2
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
From the initials of The Independent Group + [Term?] + er.
Noun
Tigger (plural Tiggers)
- (informal, UK politics) A member of The Independent Group, a political grouping of pro-European British Members of Parliament formed in February 2019.