Definizione monolingua

swan

swan (third-person singular simple present swans, present participle swanning, simple past and past participle swanned)

1. (UK) (intransitive) To travel from place to place with no fixed itinerary or purpose.
   • 2010, Lee Rourke, The Canal

     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.

2. (originally New England, now Southern, Midwest US) Used with ""I"" in the first-person singular present tense as a minced oath for ""I swear"", an exclamation of surprise.
   • 1907 December, J. D. Archer, Foiling an eavesdropper, in Telephony, volume 14, page 345:

     ""Well, I swan, man, I had a better opinion of you than that.""

swan (plural swans)

1. (plural also swan) Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus, most of which have white plumage.
2. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.

Definizione dizionario swan

	cigno
	swan
	Grosso uccello acquatico dalle piume bianche e dal collo lungo e sinuoso.
	A large aquatic bird with white feathers and a long, sinuous neck.

	dichiarare
	To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.

cygnus

Altri significati:

To swear, declare

swan (Cygnus Bechstein, Cygnus ssp.)

(figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.

(UK) (intransitive) To travel from place to place with no fixed itinerary or purpose.

(plural also 'swan') Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus, most of which have white plumage.