1. Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
   "The overcrowded concert hall was so hot that several fans swooned";
   - faint, conk [informal], pass out
    
2. Be overwhelmed with admiration, adoration, or excitement
   "Fans swooned over the handsome actor"

1. A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
   "He experienced a swoon due to severe dehydration";
   - faint, syncope, deliquium [archaic]

Derived forms: swooning, swoons, swooned

Type of: black out, loss of consciousness, pass out, zonk [informal], zonk out [informal]

Encyclopedia: Swoon, Tom