MOONSHOT Definition & Meaning

moonshot

or moon shot

[ moon-shot ]

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noun

the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
a very challenging and innovative project or undertaking:
Technology companies are investing in moonshots that address the world’s greatest problems.
Baseball. a high-velocity home run in which the ball reaches an extraordinary height:
What could be more exciting than a bases-clearing moonshot over the right field wall in the bottom of the eleventh inning?

adjective

relating to or noting a very challenging and innovative project or undertaking:
His department takes moonshot ideas and brings them to reality.

moonshot

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noun

the launching of a spacecraft, rocket, etc, to the moon

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Origin of moonshot¹

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50 moonshot fordef 1; moon + shot ¹; the baseball sense, also capitalized as Moon shot, was named after Wallace Wade “Wally” Moon (1930–2018), U.S. baseball player, whose home run helped the Dodgers win the 1959 pennant

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“I knew this was going to be just a huge lift to get this done, a moonshot.”

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The filing also shows that Village Roadshow owes Bryan Cranston’s Moonshot Entertainment Inc. $794,000 for development costs and another $250,000 to Sony Pictures Television.

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But with housing’s rising unaffordability, that dream is looking more like a moonshot for most everyday Americans — and the juice might not be worth the squeeze.

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It was opening day on Monday, and with the count at 3-and-0 in the first inning at Cleveland, Young sent a slider that didn’t break over the left-field fence with a moonshot that left everyone in awe.

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Louis Guajardo, a certified financial planner at Moonshot Planning, said Gen Zers feel they're falling behind where their parents were at the same age.

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