cheetah
pronunciation
How to pronounce cheetah in British English:
UK [ˈtʃi:tə]
How to pronounce cheetah in American English:
US [ˈtʃitə]
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- Noun:
- long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
Word Origin
- cheetah (n.)
- 1704, from Hindi chita "leopard," from Sanskrit chitraka "hunting leopard, tiger," literally "speckled," from chitra-s "distinctively marked, variegated, many-colored, bright, clear" (from PIE *kit-ro-, from root *(s)kai- (1) "bright, shining;" see shine (v.)) + kayah "body," from PIE *kwei- "to build, make" (see poet).
Example
- 1. Cheetah records are maintained by conservation groups and zoos .
- 2. But there are tips we can glean from the cheetah .
- 3. In total , there have been 64 cheetah cubs born in cincinnati .
- 4. One of the firm 's other robot , dubbed cheetah , recently broke the world speed record for robots .
- 5. During the play time , it looked like the cheetah found a companion , before he killed the gazelle .