Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cougar
IPA transcription: [k'uɡɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cougar, puma, catamount, mountain_lion, painter, panther, Felis_concolor
    Meaning: large American feline resembling a lion
Usage examples
  • The lunch party and the cougar were then photographed on the lawn.
  • It was not a halt the galloping horse had made, but only a slight departure from his direct course; as if something he had seen--wolf, jaguar, cougar, or other beast of prey--had caused him to shy.
  • At the end of the lunch Seth Bullock suddenly reached forward, swept aside a mass of flowers which made a centerpiece on the table, and revealed a bronze cougar by Proctor, which was a parting gift to me.