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Definition of Moonshine

1. Verb. Distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine.

2. Noun. The light of the Moon. "The Moon was bright enough to read by"

3. Noun. Whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash.

Definition of Moonshine

1. n. The light of the moon.

2. a. Moonlight.

3. n. Liquor smuggled or illicitly distilled.

4. a. Empty; trivial; idle.

Definition of Moonshine

1. Noun. (literally) The light of the moon; moonlight. ¹

2. Noun. Illegally distilled liquor, so named because much of the manufacturing process often is conducted without artificial light at night when the moon is shining. ¹

3. Noun. (colloquial) nonsense ¹

4. Noun. (mathematics) A branch of pure mathematics relating the monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions; see (w monstrous moonshine). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moonshine

1. [v -SHINED, -SHINING, -SHINES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonshine

moonroofs moonrunes moons moonsail moonsails moonscape moonscapes moonseed family moonseeds moonset

moonsets moonshee moonshees moonshell moonshine (current term) moonshined moonshiner moonshiner's turn moonshiner U moonshiners

moonshiners' turns moonshines moonshining moonshiny moonshot moonshots moonspeak moonstone moonstones

Literary usage of Moonshine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Л "moonshine still," within the terms and meaning of that section, is any mechanism, apparatus, or device kept or maintained in any desert, secluded, ..."

2. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1877)
"Minerva 1 moonshine on the Higher Education of Women.' It sounds well. ... Perhaps, ' Minerva moonshine on Science and Philosophy,' would have been better, ..."

3. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1877)
"Minerva moonshine on the Higher Education of Women.' It sounds well. ... Perhaps, ' Minerva moonshine on Science and Philosophy,' would have been better, ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Л "moonshine still," within the terms and meaning of that section, is any mechanism, apparatus, or device kept or maintained in any desert, secluded, ..."

5. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1877)
"Minerva 1 moonshine on the Higher Education of Women.' It sounds well. ... Perhaps, ' Minerva moonshine on Science and Philosophy,' would have been better, ..."

6. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1877)
"Minerva moonshine on the Higher Education of Women.' It sounds well. ... Perhaps, ' Minerva moonshine on Science and Philosophy,' would have been better, ..."

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