intr.v., swooned, swoon·ing, swoons.
- To faint.
- To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy.
- A fainting spell; syncope. See synonyms at blackout.
- A state of ecstasy or rapture.
[Middle English swounen, probably from iswowen, in a swoon, from Old English geswōgen, past participle of *swōgan, to suffocate.]
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