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Tarzaning

Tarzaning is the present participle and gerund of Tarzan.

Meaning of Tarzan

Verb

Tarzan (third-person singular simple present Tarzans, present participle Tarzaning, simple past and past participle Tarzaned)

  1. 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.1919 August 16, “Hollywood Hokum”, in Motion Picture News, New York, page 1475, column 2

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Questions about Tarzaning

What is Tarzaning the present participle and gerund of?
Tarzaning is the present participle and gerund of Tarzan.

Words near Tarzaning in the dictionary

  1. Tarzanesque
  2. Tarzanian
  3. Tarzaniana
  4. Tarzanians
  5. Tarzanic
  6. Tarzaning
  7. Tarzanish
  8. Tarzanism
  9. Tarzanist
  10. Tarzanists
  11. Tarzans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tarzaning (page history and authors); Tarzan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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