adjective
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informal dreamy or listless
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of or like the moon
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slang crazy or foolish
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Etymology
Origin of moony
Example Sentences
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Jonah Hill is probably the ambassador of Los Angeles’ moony surf-and-sand spirit, and his chest is on display all over his GQ Style cover shoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
You should never fall in love with an investment, getting moony about how well it has done and letting the emotion of past success cloud your judgment and overcome reason.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
“This movie isn’t especially good,” wrote Manohla Dargis in The New York Times, describing it as “part reheated gossip, part moony romance.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
For anyone who’s followed the company from its rise to the ousting of its moony CEO Adam Neumann and the bungling of its IPO, this marks yet another crack in the company’s polished, perk-filled aesthetic.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2020
Every time my grandparents came here, they sat at this table with two forks, one NDN taco, and the same moony expressions as all those years ago.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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