moonrun

moonrun noun: a dance move (or something similar or analogous) in which one slides backwards while appearing as if one was running forwards.

Noun

moonrun (uncountable)

(rare) A dance move (or something similar or analogous) in which one slides backwards while appearing as if one was running forwards.
- Michael Jackson had his moonwalk, while Darryl Beardall has his moonrun. And it's not like he's done these miles in the vacuum of space. For lack of a better term, he's a “serial racer.”2016, Scott Ludwig, Bonnie Busch, Craig Snapp, Running to Extremes: The Legendary Athletes of Ultrarunning, Meyer & Meyer Sport, →ISBN, page 226

moonrun (third-person singular simple present moonruns, present participle moonrunning, simple past and past participle moonran)

(intransitive, rare) To move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was running forwards.
- Those four rings of yours do not allow you to attempt moonrunning! Now, let's get you back where you started, shall we? The moonlight was like a gigantic bolt of silk flung from Goddess Keep to Waes. He slid along it pell-mell, breathless at the speed and the whirl of colors around him. Back in the...2005, Melanie Rawn, The Star Scroll, Penguin, →ISBN
- ... lots of moon flowers. Bzz bzzz,” bids Littlefoot in farewell just before she disappears from the dusty land without wind, the coldest, hottest, darkest, brightest place the Num has ever known. The bee that nearly took Littlefoot's life, only to save it, lies dead on the surface of the moon, not...year unknown, P.S. Lutz, Her Name is Love - Mother Nature's Daughter: Book II, Lulu.com, page 117

Those four rings of yours do not allow you to attempt moonrunning!2005, Melanie Rawn, The Star Scroll, Penguin, →ISBN:
Littlefoot falls asleep on the return trip in the Num, a natural reaction to so much moon-walking, moonrunning, ...year unknown, P.S. Lutz, Her Name is Love - Mother Nature's Daughter: Book II, Lulu.com, page 117

third-person singular present	moonruns
present participle	moonrunning
past participle	moonran
past	moonran

From Moon + run; modelled after moonwalk.

What does moonrun mean?: Moonrun means a dance move (or something similar or analogous) in which one slides backwards while appearing as if one was running forwards.
How do you use moonrun in a sentence?: Those four rings of yours do not allow you to attempt moonrunning!
What part of speech is moonrun?: Moonrun can be a noun or a verb.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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