/ swuːn; NAmE / verb [ v ]
1.
swoon (over sb) to feel very excited, emotional, etc. about sb that you think is sexually attractive, so that you almost become unconscious :
He's used to having women swooning over him.
2.
( old-fashioned ) to become unconscious
SYN faint
► swoon noun [ sing. ] ( old-fashioned ):
to go into a swoon
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : the verb from obsolete swown fainting , the noun from aswoon in a faint , both from Old English geswōgen overcome .