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Word entry · 4 letters

swan

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"graceful waterbird"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /swɒn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted answStarts with SEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

Word origin

From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-/*swenh₂- (“to sing, make sound”).

Used in a sentence

  • “He swans around that stinking office in his expensive clothes that are a little too tight for comfort, he swans around that stinking office without a care in the world.”
  • “On the other side: the rich, beautiful tapestry of WASP culture that constituted Levis's life—friends playing horseshoes at backyard cocktail parties, where girls swanned in chaise longues, clinking their gin and tonics.”
  • “"Well, I swan, man, I had a better opinion of you than that."”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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