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swoons

swoons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swoon.

Meaning of swoon

Verb

swoon (third-person singular simple present swoons, present participle swooning, simple past and past participle swooned)

  1. (literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.
    • "I swoon," quoth he.
  2. (broadly) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
  3. (transitive) To overwhelm with emotion, especially infatuation.
    • That plush mustache of yours has completely swooned me!2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Boggly Woods
  4. To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
    • The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.

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Questions about swoons

What is swoons the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Swoons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swoon.

Words near swoons in the dictionary

  1. swoonily
  2. swooning
  3. swooningly
  4. swoonings
  5. swoonless
  6. swoons
  7. swoonsome
  8. swoonworthy
  9. swoony
  10. swoop
  11. Swoope

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