Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

john mcclane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: john m-c-clane
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dogged and reluctant hero, known especially for sacrificing himself and for crawling through ventilation ducts.

Example Sentences

"Burglars, then, far from being interdimensional John McClanes of the built environment sliding through the many unseen topologies of Nakatomi space, are more like human mosquitoes: irritating, seemingly pointless, and unending in number."
"I settled into my first faculty meeting of the year with my secret plan in place and devised plans to take over eventually. I would go alone. I was going to be the John McClane of that university."
"John Wick joins the annals of the greatest action heroes on screen, up there with the John McClanes, the Rambos, the Bullitts."

Etymology

From the character of the movie Die Hard.

Inflected Forms

John McClanes (plural)

Questions

What does john mcclane mean?: A dogged and reluctant hero, known especially for sacrificing himself and for crawling through ventilation ducts.
Where does john mcclane come from?: From the character of the movie Die Hard.

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