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moonshine
moon·shine M0412500 (mo͞on′shīn′)n.1. Moonlight.2. Informal Foolish talk or thought; nonsense.3. Illegally distilled liquor, especially whiskey. Also called regionally white lightning.intr.v. moon·shined, moon·shin·ing, moon·shines To distill and sell liquor illegally.
moon′shin′er n.moonshine (ˈmuːnˌʃaɪn) n1. (Astronomy) another word for moonlight12. (Brewing) US and Canadian illegally distilled or smuggled whisky or other spirit3. foolish talk or thoughtmoon•shine (ˈmunˌʃaɪn)
n. 1. Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, esp. illicitly distilled corn liquor. 2. empty or foolish talk, ideas, etc.; nonsense. 3. moonlight. [1375–1425; late Middle English mone schyne] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  moonshine - the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by"moonlight, Moonlight, visible light, visible radiation - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"moon ray, moonbeam, moon-ray - a ray of moonlight | | 2. |  moonshine - whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mashbootleg, corn liquorcorn whiskey, corn whisky, corn - whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn | | Verb | 1. | moonshine - distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshinechemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsdistil, distill, extract - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" |
moonshine (U.S.)noun1. bootleg, poteen (Scot. and Irish), hooch or hootch (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) a bottle of moonshine2. nonsense, rubbish, pants (slang), trash, gas (informal), bunk (informal), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), havers (Scot.), claptrap (informal), hogwash, blather, piffle (informal), blether, bosh (informal), stuff and nonsense, foolish talk, tarradiddle, bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) The story is pure moonshine.Translationsmoonshine
moonshineslang Foolish, nonsensical, or absurd talk or thought; rubbish. A: "I heard that the polar ice caps are melting at a faster rate than ever before!" B: "Ah, that's just a bunch of moonshine cooked up by the communists!" Don't waste our time with moonshine like that, Dave.moonshine1. n. nonsense; humbug. That’s just moonshine! I don’t believe a word. 2. n. homemade whiskey; any cheap or inferior liquor. Moonshine is supposed to be strong, not good. 3. in. to distill or traffic in illicit liquor. (see also moonshiner.) You would be amazed at how much people moonshine back in the hills. moonshine
moonshine1. another word for moonlight2. US and Canadian illegally distilled or smuggled whisky or other spirit moonshine
A highly distilled corn whiskey often flavored with peaches, apples or other fruits, which is produced and distributed illegally to circumvent federal tax on alcoholmoonshine Toxicology Illicitly distilled whiskey. See Lead poisoning, Saturnine gout. moonshine
Synonyms for moonshinenoun bootlegSynonyms- bootleg
- poteen
- hooch or hootch
noun nonsenseSynonyms- nonsense
- rubbish
- pants
- trash
- gas
- bunk
- hot air
- tosh
- twaddle
- tripe
- guff
- havers
- claptrap
- hogwash
- blather
- piffle
- blether
- bosh
- stuff and nonsense
- foolish talk
- tarradiddle
- bunkum or buncombe
Synonyms for moonshinenoun the light of the MoonSynonymsRelated Words- light
- visible light
- visible radiation
- moon ray
- moonbeam
- moon-ray
noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mashSynonymsRelated Words- corn whiskey
- corn whisky
- corn
verb distill (alcohol) illegallyRelated Words- chemical science
- chemistry
- distil
- distill
- extract
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