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adj. - Weak and likely to lose consciousness.

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  • Verb (used without object) : The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star
  • In these classes an actual uncertainty prevails as to the nature of vapours, and swooning is practically a lost art.
  • He ` s young, he ` s buff, he ` s got millions of women swooning, that is except for Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard.
  • And wjmego is right about Mozart's swoon-worthiness, but I don't think that other segment of the audience is that interested in swooning.
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