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moondoggles

moondoggles is the plural of moondoggle.

Meaning of moondoggle

Noun

moondoggle (plural moondoggles)

  1. (US, colloquial, derogatory) Efforts to transport people to the Moon, regarded as a useless waste of resources.
    • We are virtually abandoning the first Outer Space area through which military attacks may be launched, to spend billions on a nonmilitary moondoggle — the attempt to put a man on the moon.1963, Frank L. Kluckhohn, What's wrong with U. S. foreign policy?, page 9

Questions about moondoggles

What is moondoggles the plural of?
Moondoggles is the plural of moondoggle.

Words near moondoggles in the dictionary

  1. Moondarra
  2. moondial
  3. moondials
  4. moondog
  5. moondoggle
  6. moondoggles
  7. moondogs
  8. moondown
  9. moondrome
  10. moondromes
  11. moondust

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