moon
noun
none the moon or the Moon the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2,160 miles (3,476 km).
are mooning
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present progressiveof moon.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They are mooning about, in smocks or muumuus, but the majority wear only Birkenstocks.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2019
But the young Town Children, O my brothers, They are mooning all the day; They are idling in the play-time of the others, For they have no place to play!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 by Various
If you are mooning about that worthless boy of yours, you had better get over it.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various
And a couple of flunkies in long-tailed coats and knee breeches and white wigs are mooning round, fixing things up ship shape.
From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
