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noun
An overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A member of The Independent Group for Change, a pro-European British political party that existed in 2019.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical, informal
Topics: government, politics
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History
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.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
