moonshine in English dictionary

  • moonshine

    Meanings and definitions of "moonshine"

    • (literally) The light of the moon; moonlight.
    • Illegally distilled liquor, so named because much of the manufacturing process often is conducted without artificial light at night when the moon is shining.
    • (colloquial) nonsense
    • (mathematics) A branch of pure mathematics relating the monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions; see monstrous moonshine.
    • noun
      (literally)
      The light of the moon; moonlight.
    • noun
      Illegally distilled liquor.
    • noun
      (colloquial)
      nonsense
    • noun
      (mathematics)
      A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.
    • noun
      (US)
      A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A month.
    • shine of the moon
    • illicit liquor
    • noun
      the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by"
    • noun
      whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
    • verb
      distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine

    Synonyms of "moonshine" in English dictionary

    visible light, moon, corn liquor are the top synonyms of "moonshine" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of moonshine

    • moonshine ( plural  moonshines)
    • moonshine (countable and uncountable, plural moonshines)
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