moonlight

[ moon-lahyt ]

/ ˈmunˌlaɪt /

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noun

the light of the moon.

adjective

pertaining to moonlight.

illuminated by moonlight.

occurring by moonlight, or at night.

verb (used without object), moon·light·ed, moon·light·ing.

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

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Origin of moonlight

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

OTHER WORDS FROM moonlight

moonlighter, noun

Words nearby moonlight

moonish, moon jellyfish, moon knife, moonlet, moon letter, moonlight, moonlight flit, moonlighting, Moonlight Sonata, moonlit, moon pillar

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How to use moonlight in a sentence

If you run a side business — for example, if you moonlight as an accounting teacher and are paid as an independent contractor — you can still claim the deduction.
Millions of employees won’t get a tax break for working from home during pandemic. Companies with empty offices do.|Todd Frankel|March 5, 2021|Washington Post
Whatever the case, this month’s show should be especially good because moonlight won’t interfere.
December’s stunning Geminid meteor shower is born from a humble asteroid|Ken Croswell|December 2, 2020|Science News
The quarterback who threw the pass was a baseball prospect moonlighting as a Heisman Trophy front-runner.
Kyler Murray runs out of miracles as Seahawks hang on to take over first place in NFC West|Mark Maske|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
If the same interaction on Europa creates this never-before-seen kind of moonlight, a future mission there, such as NASA’s planned Europa Clipper spacecraft, may be able to use this ice glow map Europa’s surface composition.
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may glow in the dark|Maria Temming|November 9, 2020|Science News

It’s approximately … as bright as me walking on the beach in full moonlight.
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may glow in the dark|Maria Temming|November 9, 2020|Science News
Magic in the Moonlight really seems to explore the battle between pragmatism and “magic.”
Woody Allen on ‘Magic in the Moonlight,’ the Crisis in Gaza, and Those Allegations|Marlow Stern|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Magic in the Moonlight co-stars Colin Firth and Emma Stone paid their respects.
Colin Firth and Emma Stone Remember Comedy Legend Elaine Stritch, Who Passed Away Today at 89|Marlow Stern|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the bed, I found blond hair awash in moonlight: my cousin Sally.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’|Eileen Cronin|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Throne of my lonely niche, my wealth, my love, my moonlight.
Cossacks: The Cowboys of Crimea|Kamil Tchorek|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Effectively, men and women who once worked to keep guns off of the streets must now moonlight as gun dealers.
Gun Fanatics Score Big Victory in North Carolina|Jamelle Bouie|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her white face looked ethereal in the moonlight, and her bloodless lips were quivering with returning life.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Again she watched his figure pass in and out of the strips of moonlight as he walked away.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
In the brilliant moonlight, on the white road, the branches cast a network of black shadow.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
She lifted up her face on which the moonlight fell, making a picture the man never forgot to the last day of his life.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
She sat still, looking out through the open window to the moonlight that lay on the white stone of the balcony floor.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens

British Dictionary definitions for moonlight

moonlight

/ (ˈmuːnˌlaɪt) /

noun

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

(modifier) illuminated by the moona moonlight walk

short for moonlight flit

verb -lights, -lighting or -lighted

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

Derived forms of moonlight

moonlighter, noun

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moonlight

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