Definition of swoon
swooner
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Examples of swoon in a Sentence
She almost swooned from fright.
whenever the young woman swooned, she always seemed to manage falling into the arms of a good-looking man
Origin and Etymology of swoon
Middle English swounen, probably back-formation from swouning, swowening, from iswowen, aswoune, from Old English geswōgen in a swoon
Examples of swoon in a Sentence
she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news
fell into a swoon at the sight of the handsome movie star
First Known Use of swoon
13th century
SWOON Defined for English Language Learners
swoon
playDefinition of swoon for English Language Learners
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: to become very excited about someone or something
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: to suddenly become unconscious
SWOON Defined for Kids
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