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moonshine

/ˈmuːnʃaɪn/

noun

Meaning

  • The light of the moon; moonlight.

  • High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.

    "They watered down the moonshine."

  • Nonsense.

    "He was talking moonshine."

  • A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

  • A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.

  • A month.

Synonyms

bathtub gin,
bootleg,
coon-dick,
coondick,
corn liquor,
hooch,
mountain dew,
white lightning,
moonbeam