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Noun: swan  swón
  1. Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
Verb: swan (swanned,swanning)  swón
  1. [informal] Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
    "They swanned from town to town";
    - roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond [archaic]
     
  2. Sweep majestically
    "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

Derived forms: swans, swanned, swanning

Type of: aquatic bird, go, locomote, move, sail, sweep, travel

Part of: Anatidae, family Anatidae

Encyclopedia: Swan, Missouri