tarzan
Collocations
4ADJ.
live, wild
VERB + TARZAN
bit, like, look, love, name, remember, saying, scream
TARZAN + NOUN
jane, jill, man
PREP.
out
Definitions
name
A heroic fictional character, raised from a baby to adulthood in the African jungle by apes.
noun
A strong wild man; any man showing attributes of Tarzan, as muscularity, agility, etc.
"My job is to grab him before he slaughters more." "He sounds a bit of a Tarzan." "A wild man right enough is Toowanor, but from his size you'd never imagine he was a killer."
"[A]s if we all like climbing around in trees, like monkeys or Tarzans."
verb
To behave in the manner of Tarzan, especially by swinging from ropes, climbing trees, and other feats of athleticism.
Elmo Lincoln, that mighty man of valor who Tarzaned about, has issued a challenge to Jack Dempsey, and we wish him all the luck in the world.
Later in the evening a tree climbing contest was held. Paul Gipe was the only entry. However, judging from the manner in which he tarzaned up and down the big tree he would have had small competition.
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6"My job is to grab him before he slaughters more." "He sounds a bit of a Tarzan." "A wild man right enough is Toowanor, but from his size you'd never imagine he was a killer."
Wiktionary"[A]s if we all like climbing around in trees, like monkeys or Tarzans."
WiktionaryPAYNE STEWART, beating his heart like a Tarzan, drummed out a message to the rest of the Open Championship field with three days to go before the off. "I'm ready," he said, "definitely ready."
WiktionaryElmo Lincoln, that mighty man of valor who Tarzaned about, has issued a challenge to Jack Dempsey, and we wish him all the luck in the world.
WiktionaryLater in the evening a tree climbing contest was held. Paul Gipe was the only entry. However, judging from the manner in which he tarzaned up and down the big tree he would have had small competition.
WiktionaryOnce, when he was about 12, he had attached a rope to the roof, thrown the other end to the top of a tree and the next morning "Tarzaned" across from the tree to his parents' window. He could still re
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