moonshine.
The light of the moon.
Meaning & usage
The light of the moon.
The light of the moon. The light reflected off Earth's Moon.
The light of the moon. The light reflected off a moon.
High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
They watered down the moonshine.
Smuggled spirits, often with a specific sense; (Kent, Sussex) white brandy; (Yorkshire) gin.
Nonsense.
He was talking moonshine.
A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.
A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.
A month.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mone schyne, mone-schyne, moone shone; equivalent to moon + shine. Illegally distilled liquor is so named because its manufacture may be conducted without artificial light at night. The verb sense is a back-formation from moonshiner.
To make homemade (especially, illicit) alcohol, especially distilled spirits.
His grandfather started to moonshine when things got really bad in 1933; when he got caught moonshining, he did a bit of time.
To make (an ingredient) into such a drink.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mone schyne, mone-schyne, moone shone; equivalent to moon + shine. Illegally distilled liquor is so named because its manufacture may be conducted without artificial light at night. The verb sense is a back-formation from moonshiner.
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