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mooned

  [moond]
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–adjective
1. ornamented with moons or crescents.
2. orb- or crescent-shaped.
Origin:
1540–50; moon + -ed 3
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moon

  [moon]
–noun
1. the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
2. this body during a particular lunar month, or during a certain period of time, or at a certain point of time, regarded as a distinct object or entity. Compare full moon, half-moon, new moon, waning moon, waxing moon.
3. a lunar month, or, in general, a month.
4. any planetary satellite: the moons of Jupiter.
5. something shaped like an orb or a crescent.
6. moonlight.
7. a platyfish.
8. Slang. the buttocks, esp. when bared.
–verb (used without object)
9. to act or wander abstractedly or listlessly: You've been mooning about all day.
10. to sentimentalize or remember nostalgically: He spent the day mooning about his lost love.
11. to gaze dreamily or sentimentally at something or someone: They sat there mooning into each other's eyes.
12. Slang. to expose one's buttocks suddenly and publicly as a prank or gesture of disrespect.
–verb (used with object)
13. to spend (time) idly: to moon the afternoon away.
14. to illuminate by or align against the moon.
15. Slang. to expose one's buttocks to as a prank or gesture of disrespect.
—Idiom
16. blue moon, a very long period of time: Such a chance comes once in a blue moon.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME mone, OE mōna; c. OHG māno, ON māni, Goth mena; akin to G Mond moon, L mēnsis month, Gk mnē moon, Skt māsa moon, month

Related forms:
mooner, noun
moonless, adjective
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moon   (mōōn)   
n.  

  1. often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 356,000 kilometers (221,600 miles) distant at perigee and 406,997 kilometers (252,950 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,160 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.

  2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet.

  3. The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases: a gibbous moon.

  4. A month, especially a lunar month.

  5. A disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.

  6. Moonlight.

  7. Something unreasonable or unattainable: They acted as if we were asking for the moon.

  8. Slang The bared buttocks.

v.   mooned, moon·ing, moons

v.   intr.

  1. To wander about or pass time languidly and aimlessly.

  2. To yearn or pine as if infatuated.

  3. Slang To expose one's buttocks in public as a prank or disrespectful gesture.

v.   tr.
Slang To expose one's buttocks to (others) as a prank or disrespectful gesture: "threatened to moon a passing . . . camera crew" (Vanity Fair).

[Middle English moone, from Old English mōna; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

moon

A natural satellite of a planet; an object that revolves around a planet. The planets vary in the number of their moons; for example, Mercury and Venus have none, the Earth has one, and Jupiter has seventeen or more. The planets' moons, like the planets themselves, shine by reflected light.

Note: The Earth's moon is about 240,000 miles away and is about 2,000 miles in diameter. The volume of the Earth is fifty times that of the moon; the mass of the Earth is about eighty times that of the moon. The moon has no atmosphere, and its gravity is about one-sixth that of the Earth.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
moon

  1. n.
    the buttocks. : He rubbed his plump moon where he had been kicked, but said no more.
  2. tv. & in.
    to show (someone) one's nude posterior through a window (usually of an automobile). (See also mooner; gaucho.) : When the plane flew over Cuba, this guy named Victor actually mooned a Russian MIG that flew by.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

moon  (n.)
O.E. mona, from P.Gmc. *mænon- (cf. O.S., O.H.G. mano, O.Fris. mona, O.N. mani, Du. maan, Ger. Mond, Goth. mena "moon"), from PIE *me(n)ses- "moon, month" (cf. Skt. masah "moon, month;" Avestan ma, Pers. mah, Arm. mis "month;" Gk. mene "moon," men "month;" L. mensis "month;" O.C.S. meseci, Lith. menesis "moon, month;" O.Ir. mi, Welsh mis, Bret. miz "month"), probably from base *me- "to measure," in ref. to the moon's phases as the measure of time. In Gk., Italic, Celtic, Armenian the cognate words now mean only "month." Gk. selene (Lesbian selanna) is from selas "light, brightness (of heavenly bodies)." Extended 1665 to satellites of other planets. To shoot the moon "leave without paying rent" is British slang from c.1823; card-playing sense perhaps infl. by gambler's shoot the works (1922) "go for broke" in shooting dice. The man in the moon is mentioned since c.1310; he carries a bundle of thorn-twigs and is accompanied by a dog. The Japanese, however, see a rice-cake-making rabbit in the moon.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: moon
Pronunciation: 'mün
Function: noun
: LUNULA a
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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