If you describe someone as swanning around or swanning off, you mean that they go and have fun, rather than working or taking care of their responsibilities. She spends her time swanning around the world. To declare; swear. Used in the phrase I swan as an interjection. See Regional Note at vum. a large white bird with a long neck that lives on rivers and lakes. swanned swanning to enjoy yourself and behave in a relaxed way that is annoying to other people swan off/around. Long-necked, heavy-bodied, big-footed waterfowl (genus Cygnus, family Anatidae). Among waterfowl, swans are the largest and fastest, both swimming and flying; at about 50 lbs (23 kg), the mute swan (C. olor) is the heaviest flying bird. Swans dabble in shallows for aquatic plants. Five all-white, black-legged species live in the Northern Hemisphere; a black and a black-necked species live in the Southern Hemisphere. Males (cobs) and females (pens) look alike. Swans mate for life. The cob keeps guard while the pen incubates, on average, six eggs on a heap of vegetation; the young (cygnets) are tended for several months. Their graceful form when swimming has made swans emblems of beauty for centuries. Swan River Swan Sir Joseph Wilson trumpeter swan whistling swan
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains
Any of various long-necked waterfowl, of genera Cygnus or Olor, most of which have white plumage
A swan is a large bird with a very long neck. Swans live on rivers and lakes and are usually white
In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death