moonlight

[moon-lahyt]

noun

1. the light of the moon.

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

/ 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

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• moonlighter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of moonlight¹

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

Example Sentences

Roz stepped into the moonlight and said, “I apologize for startling you.”

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Everyone was quiet as they walked through the silvery moonlight, past rows and rows of sprouting crops, and out to the farthest corner of the farthest field.

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But as the peak is just after the new Moon on 21 October, a viewing window may be possible for some when the cloud breaks with no moonlight pollution.

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Dyer grew up in a place called Townsville and displayed a performative streak early on thanks, in part, to her father, a lawyer, who moonlighted as a musical performer.

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The FBI would rent out a warehouse said to be full of drugs, and use the compromised jailer to recruit corrupt colleagues to moonlight as guards.

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