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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.
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6.
moonlight.
7.
a platyfish.
8.
Slang. the buttocks, especially when bared.
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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.

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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:
before 900; Middle English mone, Old English mōna; cognate with Old High German māno, Old Norse māni, Gothic mena; akin to German Mond moon, Latin mēnsis month, Greek mḗnē moon, Sanskrit māsa moon, month

Related forms
moon·er, noun
moon·less, adjective
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moon (muːn)
 
—n
1.  (sometimes capital) the natural satellite of the earth. Diameter: 3476 km; mass: 7.35 × 1022 kg; mean distance from earth: 384 400 km; periods of rotation and revolution: 27.32 daysRelated: lunar
2.  the face of the moon as it is seen during its revolution around the earth, esp at one of its phases: new moon; full moon
3.  any natural satellite of a planet
4.  moonlight; moonshine
5.  something resembling a moon
6.  a month, esp a lunar one
7.  once in a blue moon very seldom
8.  informal over the moon extremely happy; ecstatic
9.  reach for the moon to desire or attempt something unattainable or difficult to obtain
 
—vb (when tr, often foll by away; when intr, often foll by around)
10.  to be idle in a listless way, as if in love, or to idle (time) away
11.  slang (intr) to expose one's buttocks to passers-by
 
Related: lunar
 
[Old English mōna; compare Old Frisian mōna, Old High German māno]
 
'moonless
 
—adj

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moon
c.1600, "to expose to moonlight;" later "idle about" (1836), "move listlessly" (1848), probably on notion of being moon struck, which is attested from 1670s; cf. Gk. selenobletos. The meaning "to flash the buttocks" is first recorded 1968, U.S. student slang, from moon (n.) "buttocks" (1756), "probably
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from the idea of pale circularity" [Ayto]. See moon (n.). Related: Mooned; mooning.
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moon   (mn)  Pronunciation Key 


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  1. Often Moon. The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and traveling around Earth in a slightly elliptical orbit at an average distance of about 381,600 km (237,000 mi). The Moon's average diameter is 3,480 km (2,160 mi), and its mass is about 1/80 that of Earth. See more at giant impact theory.

  2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet.


Our Living Language  : The Earth's Moon is a desolate and quiet place. The only natural satellite of Earth, it consists almost entirely of rock, shows no signs of ongoing geologic activity, has no water, and has a very thin atmosphere consisting primarily of sodium. But our Moon does not present a typical case for planetary satellites. Over the last 50 years, over a hundred more moons have been discovered in the solar system, so that they now total 138, nearly all of them orbiting the larger planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (Mercury, Venus, and Pluto have no moons, while Mars has two). Because they are so far from the Sun, these moons are for the most part extremely cold. Io, one of Jupiter's 63 known moons, is an exception. It is the most geologically active body in the solar system, with almost constant volcanic activity and a surface covered by cooling lava. Some scientists think that another moon of Jupiter, Europa, may have liquid water capable of supporting life underneath a thick layer of surface ice. Titan, one of Saturn's moons, may also be capable of supporting primitive life in the ocean of liquid methane on its frigid surface.
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moon definition


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.
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moon definition


  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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