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单词 tarzy
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tarzyn.

Brit. /ˈtɑːzi/, U.S. /ˈtɑrzi/
Forms: 2000s– tarzee, 2000s– tarzey, 2000s– tarzie, 2000s– tarzy.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tarzan , -y suffix6.
Etymology: < tarz- (in the name of Tarzan: see Tarzan n.) + -y suffix6.Compare the following earlier example of tarzy swing, apparently denoting an act of swinging hand by hand from tree to tree like Tarzan:1984 S. Unwin Deep Joy iii. 23 Along the top of the mound were sycamore trees which we climbed from time to time, crossing from tree to tree like a monkey,—rarely leaping, of course, but I had seen one chap do it like a tarzy-swing—it was considered a brave and expert thing to do.
regional (chiefly Yorkshire).
Chiefly in Middlesbrough: a makeshift rope swing across a river or stream, typically suspended from a tree. Cf. Tarzan swing n. at Tarzan n. Additions.
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2003 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 7 July 14/1 I took 'em out ter play some real games..—kerbie,..beck-jumpin', chicken. Only fell off a Tarzy didn'a, eh?.. What a doyle!
2005 A. Bissett Incredible Adam Spark 73 Mind jude that time i was swingin on tarzy that goes over the burn and i fell and landed on a rock and broke ma arm?
2015 A. Hulse Forever & Ever xxiii. 144 ‘Billy, throw the tarzee!’.. Tony caught the rope expertly and swung across the river without looking back.
2017 @kitschfinder 20 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Fancy damming a stream & mekin a tarzy, or building a den or going down t'park—I've got pop money?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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