swan

/swɒn//swɑn/

noun

  1. 1

    Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.

  2. 2

    One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.

  3. 3

    This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).

verb

  1. 1

    To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.

verb

  1. 1

    To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).

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