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moonlight

[ moon-lahyt ]

noun

  1. the light of the moon.


adjective

  1. pertaining to moonlight.
  2. illuminated by moonlight.
  3. occurring by moonlight, or at night.

verb (used without object)

moonlighted, moonlighting.
  1. to work at an additional job after one's regular, full-time employment, as at night.

moonlight

/ ˈ³¾³Ü˲ÔËŒ±ô²¹Éª³Ù /

noun

  1. Also calledmoonshine 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. informal.
    intr to work at a secondary job, esp at night, and often illegitimately
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾´Ç´Ç²ÔËŒ±ô¾±²µ³ó³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾´Ç´Ç²Ôl¾±²µ³ó³Ùe°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of moonlight1

1325–75; 1950–55 moonlight fordef 5; Middle English monelight
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The shells serve a dual purpose — one that is functional, as they decompose to improve the soil quality, and another formal, reflecting moonlight in the evening.

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Despite being shy and inhibited, he began “moonlighting†in the drama department, where, he later wrote, he found himself “fast losing my heart to drama.â€

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Philharmonic to moonlight as a drummer at the Dresden Room.

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Now, it sounds more like a utopian incantation: read it aloud three times on a hill under moonlight and perhaps it will come true.

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Announcin’ his latest moonlighting endeavor, Newsom told reporters, “I want to engage people that often I engage with in private and make public those conversations.â€

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