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moonshines

moonshines is the plural of moonshine.

moonshines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of moonshine.

Meaning of moonshine

Noun

moonshine (countable and uncountable, plural moonshines)

  1. (literally) The light of the moon.
    • […] her Waggon Spokes made of long Spinners legs: the Couer of the wings of Graſhoppers, her Traces of the ſmalleſt Spiders web, her coullers of the Moonſhines watry Beames […]c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    1. (literally) The light reflected off Earth's Moon.
    2. (literally) The light reflected off a moon.
  2. (informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
    • They watered down the moonshine.
  3. (UK, archaic, dialectal) Smuggled spirits, often with a specific sense; (Kent, Sussex) white brandy; (Yorkshire) gin.
    Synonyms:
    moonlight
  4. (informal, uncountable) Nonsense.
    • He was talking moonshine.

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Questions about moonshines

What is moonshines the plural of?
Moonshines is the plural of moonshine.

Words near moonshines in the dictionary

  1. moonshined
  2. moonshiner
  3. moonshiner's turn
  4. moonshiners
  5. moonshiners' turns
  6. moonshines
  7. moonshiney
  8. moonshining
  9. moonshiny
  10. moonship
  11. moonships

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