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64 Funny Tiger Puns

Tiger Puns

1. What do you call a tiger who loves to swim? An aquatiger!

2. Why don’t tigers live in Africa? There’s not enough stripes.

3. What do you get if you cross a tiger with a snowman? Frostbite!

4. Why can’t tigers tell jokes timing well? They always pause too long!

5. My friend saw a tiger at the zoo and said “it’s grrrrrreat!” I said “stop lion around.”

6. Did you hear about the tiger who went to the dentist? He had his teeth stripecapped.

7. Why don’t tigers make good dancers? They have two left feet.

8. What do you call a dancing tiger? Tango!

9. Why do tigers make great detectives? They’re always on the prowl for clues.

10. How do tigers stay connected? With their stripe phones!

11. Why did the tiger wear a disguise? So he could go undercover.

12. Did you hear about the psychic tiger who escaped from the zoo? There was a medium at large!

13. What do tigers use to cut their hair? Striptizers!

14. Why are tigers so colorful? They don’t want to be too plain.

15. What’s a tiger’s favorite dessert? Stripe pie.

Tiger One-Liners

16. I tried to photograph the tiger, but I didn’t have the right stripes.

17. Don’t lie to a tiger, they can spot the untruths.

18. Tigers like to read the newspaper so they can catch up on the current stripes.

19. When a tiger is embarrassed, their cheeks get all flushed and stripy.

20. I asked the tiger if we could be friends, but they said I wasn’t their stripe.

21. I took my tiger to the vet after it swallowed a clock – luckily it was fine in no time.

22. The tiger got hired as a programmer because he was an expert in C++.

23. I told the tiger she could have anything from the ice cream truck. She chose the stripe popsicle.

24. The tiger got a seasonal job painting stripes on candy canes before Christmas.

25. If you give a tiger stripes, she’ll want some orange and black paint to go with them.

Best Tiger Jokes

26. A tiger, lion and cat all went out to dinner together. The waiter asked what each of them wanted. The lion said “roar!” The tiger said “grrrr!” and the cat said “meow.”

The waiter replied “I’m sorry, I don’t understand. There’s just too much confusion at this table, you’ll have to leave.”

Moral of the story: the stripe must be drawn somewhere.

27. What do you call a group of tigers standing in a row? A stripe!

28. Little Jimmy asked his dad if tigers could swim. His dad said “of course, tigers swim all the time!”

The next day, Jimmy’s dad took him to the zoo. Jimmy saw the tiger exhibit and shouted “Look dad, that tiger is drowning! We have to save it!”

His dad calmly replied “That’s just a stuffed animal, Jimmy.”

29. Did you hear about the hungry tiger who stopped by the restaurant? He had a roaring appetite!

He ordered food after food, appetizer after appetizer, meal after meal. The waiter was astounded at how much the tiger could eat.

Finally, the waiter asked “Sir, are you sure you have room for dessert?”

The tiger replied “There is always stripe for dessert.” Then he ordered three more desserts to go.

30. What do you get if you cross a tiger with a jar of peanut butter? A striped sandwich with just the right amount of crunch!

31. What do tigers use to fix their cars? Auto-stripe tools.

32. Why are tigers such good runners? They were born with the right stripes.

33. What do you call a big cat that got its stripe repainted? Retigered!

34. How did the tiger do on his camouflage test? He got perfect stripes!

35. Why can’t you tell a tiger secrets? They spread like stripes.

36. What’s a tiger’s favorite treat? Anything with orange and black stripes!

37. How do tigers stay in shape? Lots of crunches and stripe-ups.

38. Why was the tiger cub sent home from school? He was caught stripe-ing!

39. How do tigers keep themselves organized? With stripe-ers and tiger planners.

40. Why do tigers make such great gardeners? They have a stripe thumb.

41. What do you call a happy tiger? Pleasently stripey!

42. Why don’t tigers like getting wet? It ruins their stripes.

43. What do you get if you cross a tiger with a computer? A stripey processor!

44. Why did the tiger get detention? He was caught stripe-ing in the halls.

45. What do you call a tiger who solves mysteries? Sherstripe Holmes.

46. Why are tigers such great detectives? They can get to the bottom of any stripe.

47. What do you get if you cross a tiger with a sheep? A stripey sweater!

48. Why do tigers make great builders? They have architectural stripes.

49. What do you call a tiger that lives in the Arctic? A stripecat!

50. Why are tigers never late? They don’t like to keep people stripe-ing.

51. What’s a tiger’s favorite kind of cake? Stripe cake with orange and black frosting.

52. What do you call a tiger that can predict the future? A stripe-sychic!

53. Where do tigers get their stripes from? They’re born with them, stripe and simple!

54. Why can’t you play cards with a tiger? They stripe from the bottom of the deck.

55. Did you hear about the tiger who went to art school? He was great at stripe-ing!

56. What’s a tiger’s favorite hobby? Facestripe-ing!

57. Why do tigers make great spies? They have stripe-stealth mode.

58. How do tigers get around town? By stripe-ing the bus!

59. What do you call a tiger who does karate? A stripe-belt!

60. Why are tigers good at keeping secrets? They know how to stripe a vault.

61. What do you call a tiger who sells houses? A stripe-tor!

62. Why don’t tigers use rollerblades? They prefer stripe-ing shoes.

63. What do you call a sleepy tiger? A stripe-y cat!

64. Why don’t tigers wear stripes? They already have them!