moonlight

American  

[moon-lahyt] / ˈmunˌlaɪt /

noun

1. the light of the moon.

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adjective

1. pertaining to moonlight.

2. illuminated by moonlight.

3. occurring by moonlight, or at night.

verb (used without object)

moonlighted, moonlighting

1. to work at an additional job after one's regular, full-time employment, as at night.

moonlight British  

/ ˈmuːnˌlaɪt /

noun

1. Also called: moonshine.  light from the sun received on earth after reflection by the moon

2. (modifier) illuminated by the moon

   a moonlight walk

3. short for moonlight flit

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verb

1. informal (intr) to work at a secondary job, esp at night, and often illegitimately

Other Word Forms

• moonlighter noun

Etymology

Origin of moonlight

1325–75; 1950–55 moonlight for def. 5; Middle English monelight

Example Sentences

He quit Momofuku Ko but when the chef at Sergeantsville Inn left, he stepped in and was soon moonlighting in the kitchen a few days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal

He wished “to be shut out from the big world, gazing at your dark eyes …” Writing a letter in the midnight moonlight, she sent him “ten thousand kisses.”

From Literature

They were both so eager to get away from that sharecropping farm that they started loading the wagon by moonlight.

From Literature

Only a faint glow of moonlight spilled through the window, illuminating my bed and the spinning wheel.

From Literature

He also moonlighted as a techno DJ, performing under the moniker Santa Militia at prominent nightclubs in London and promoting himself as having played at major venues from Bogotá to Buenos Aires.

From The Wall Street Journal