moonlight
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noun
1.
the light of the moon.
adjective
2.
pertaining to moonlight.
3.
illuminated by moonlight.
4.
occurring by moonlight, or at night.
verb (used without object)
5.
to work at an additional job after one's regular, full-time employment, as at night.
Origin:
1325–75; 1950–55 for def 5; Middle English monelight
1325–75; 1950–55 for def 5; Middle English monelight
Related forms
moon·light·er, noun
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moonlight (ˈmuːnˌlaɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: moonshine light from the sun received on earth after reflection by the moon |
| 2. | (modifier) illuminated by the moon: a moonlight walk |
| 3. | short for moonlight flit |
| —vb , -lights, -lighting, -lighted | |
| 4. | informal (intr) to work at a secondary job, esp at night, and often illegitimately |
| 'moonlighter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
moonlight
"hold a second job, especially at night," 1957 (implied in moonlighting), from moonlighter (1954), from the notion of working by the light of the moon. Related: Moonlighting. Earlier the word had been used to mean "commit crimes at night" (1882). The noun meaning "light of the moon" is attested from
mid-14c. Moonlit (1830) is first attested in Tennyson.
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Slang Dictionary
moonlight definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
They were the tears of heaven, the eyes of spirits, raindrops filled with moonlight.
My last experience in this line was while returning by moonlight from a successful hunt after mountain sheep.
Yellow moonlight throws her humpbacked shadow across the glistening mud.
For instance, go stargazing, fish in the moonlight or toast marshmallows over a beach fire.
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