Tarzan
pronunciation
How to pronounce Tarzan in British English:
UK [ˈtɑ:zæn]
How to pronounce Tarzan in American English:
US [ˈtɑrzæn]
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- Noun:
- (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)
- a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Word Origin
- Tarzan
- name of character in a series of novels by U.S. fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), introduced 1914.
Example
- 1. Lex barker , a onetime movie tarzan , was droll as her alcoholic boyfriend .
- 2. Other creations include a mummy , freddie kruger , a golf tee santa and a rabid pit bull ...... and tarzan !
- 3. Affectionately known as tarzan , lord heseltine helped bring about the revival of the london docklands and down-at-heel parts of liverpool three decades ago .
- 4. Though a man might not pound his chest like tarzan while in a crowd , it 's only because of social constraints .
- 5. If you can 't actually have sex in a wild location ( say in the jungle as tarzan ) , fantasizing about it is the next best thing .