tiger shark

noun

: a large gray or brown stocky-bodied requiem shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) that is nearly cosmopolitan especially in warm seas and can be dangerous to humans see shark illustration

Examples of tiger shark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Over in the Ocean Journey building, visitors can encounter playful penguins, sand tiger sharks, lemurs, and butterflies floating through a lush tropical garden. —Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025

Onlookers gasped when the giant tiger shark jumped again some 500 feet from the pier. —Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025

And, brother, are there a lot of varieties — hammerhead shark, walking shark, whale shark, tawny nurse shark, pajama shark, pelagic thresher, tiger shark, tasselled wobbegong shark, puffadder shy shark, baby shark, mommy shark and daddy shark, to name but a few. —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025

Larger sharks such as sand tiger sharks were further up the food pyramid, and at the top were giant sharks like Araloselachus cuspidatus and the Otodus shark genus, which includes Megalodon. —Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1785, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tiger shark

• disembark
• matriarch
• meadowlark
• patriarch
• watermark
• arc
• ark
• bark
• barque
• dark
• hark
• lark

Kids Definition

tiger shark

noun

: a large brown or gray shark of warm seas that sometimes attacks human beings