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noun
The light of the moon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, literally, uncountable
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noun
The light of the moon.
The light reflected off Earth's Moon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, literally, uncountable
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Synonyms: moonlight, moon-light, moon light, moonbeam, moon-beam, moon beam
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The light of the moon.
The light reflected off a moon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, literally, uncountable
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Synonyms: moonlight, moon-light, moon light
Antonyms: none provided
noun
High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Synonyms: bathtub gin, bootleg, coon dick, corn liquor, hooch, moonlight, mountain dew, white lightning
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Smuggled spirits, often with a specific sense; (Kent, Sussex) white brandy; (Yorkshire) gin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable
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Synonyms: moonlight
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Nonsense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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noun
A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A month.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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verb
To make homemade (especially, illicit) alcohol, especially distilled spirits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To make (an ingredient) into such a drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bootleg, corn liquor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn
noun
the light of the Moon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: moonlight, Moon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: light, visible light, visible radiation
verb
distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distill, extract, distil
History
From Middle English mone schyne, mone-schyne, moone shone; equivalent to moon + shine. Illegally distilled liquor is so named because its manufacture may be conducted without artificial light at night. The verb sense is a back-formation from moonshiner.
Across languages
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
