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).
has been mooning
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present perfect progressiveof moon (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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As for Josephine, she has been mooning about the house all day in a state of chronic tearfulness.
From The Opinions of a Philosopher by Robert Grant
And for just that length of time he has been mooning.
From Green Fancy by George Barr McCutcheon
And he flourishes out of the room; a man who has done a good hour's work, Farrant, who has been mooning depressedly around, now backs towards the door.
From Waste A Tragedy, In Four Acts by Harley Granville-Barker
Ever since he has been mooning about the yard and in and out of the kitchen very glum and silent.
From Letters from Egypt by Janet Ross
