English

Alternative forms

• tiger mom
• tiger mother

Noun

tiger mum ‎(plural tiger mums)

1. A mother who drives her child/children very hard to succeed in school and/or in extracurricular studies like learning a musical instrument.
   • 2012, Chin Mui Yoon, "From homemaker to head honcho", The Star (Malaysia), 8 April 2012:

     "I was never a tiger mum!" Eu says with a laugh. "My kids started boarding school at nine, so they learnt to be independent from young. […]

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• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:tiger mum.

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