Moonlight
noun
The light that comes from the moon.
The garden looked magical in the soft moonlight.
Often appears as...
- silver moonlight
- moonlight shines
verb
To work at an additional job, especially without telling your main employer.
He's been moonlighting as a taxi driver in the evenings.
Often appears as...
- moonlighting as
- moonlighting in
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A type of strong, illegal alcohol made and sold without paying taxes.
They got caught selling moonlight.
Often appears as...
- bottle of moonlight
- sell moonlight
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
The light that comes from the moon.
The garden looked magical in the soft moonlight.
Often appears as...
- silver moonlight
- moonlight shines
verb
To work at an additional job, especially without telling your main employer.
He's been moonlighting as a taxi driver in the evenings.
Often appears as...
- moonlighting as
- moonlighting in
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A type of strong, illegal alcohol made and sold without paying taxes.
They got caught selling moonlight.
Often appears as...
- bottle of moonlight
- sell moonlight
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Scenery
Often used to describe beauty and serenity of night scenes.
The lovers walked hand in hand, enjoying the moonlight.
Pro Tip 2/3Romantic Setting
Commonly associated with romance and peaceful moments.
Dinner under the moonlight is often seen as a romantic gesture.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Contrast
Used to highlight the contrast between night and day.
The stark moonlight cast long shadows across the yard.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Scenery
Often used to describe beauty and serenity of night scenes.
The lovers walked hand in hand, enjoying the moonlight.
Pro Tip 2/3Romantic Setting
Commonly associated with romance and peaceful moments.
Dinner under the moonlight is often seen as a romantic gesture.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Contrast
Used to highlight the contrast between night and day.
The stark moonlight cast long shadows across the yard.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Scenery
Often used to describe beauty and serenity of night scenes.
The lovers walked hand in hand, enjoying the moonlight.
Pro Tip 2/3Romantic Setting
Commonly associated with romance and peaceful moments.
Dinner under the moonlight is often seen as a romantic gesture.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Contrast
Used to highlight the contrast between night and day.
The stark moonlight cast long shadows across the yard.
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The freakonomics of...
at a place like McDonald's. Which already foreshadows the main result that I've talked about, about what a crappy job it was, being in the gang. Because obviously, if being in the gang were such a wonderful, lucrative job, why in the world would these guys moonlight at McDonald's? So what do the wages look like? You might be surprised.
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How bacteria "talk" -...
so just in a sort of shallow knee-deep water and the squid is nocturnal so during the day it buries itself in the sand and sleeps but then at night it has to come out to hunt and so on bright nights when there's lots of starlight or moonlight that light can penetrate the depth of the water the squid lives in
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Bonnie Bassler: The...
just in sort of shallow knee-deep water. And the squid is nocturnal, so during the day, it buries itself in the sand and sleeps. But then at night, it has to come out to hunt. So on bright nights when there's lots of starlight or moonlight, that light can penetrate the depth of the water the squid lives in,
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Your elusive creative...
gather for these moonlight dances of sacred dance and music that would go on for hours and hours until dawn and they were always magnificent because the dancers were professionals and they were terrific right but every once in a while very rarely something would happen and
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
surface and the miners crawled on their bellies and collected them by the handful sometimes they would go out to search for diamonds at night when they twinkled in the moonlight it was the richest deposit ever found one-fifth of all the world's gem diamonds come from
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How to inspire every...
The more challenges to reading children face, the more culturally competent educators need to be. Moonlighting as a stand-up comedian for the past eight years, I understand the importance of cultural competency, which I define as the ability to translate
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Brian Skerry reveals...
One such story I did documented the leatherback sea turtle. This is the largest, widest-ranging, deepest-diving and oldest of all turtle species. Here we see a female crawling out of the ocean under moonlight on the island of Trinidad.
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John Hodgman: A brief...
and even I realized it at the time, as a nine-year-old child -- was that they stopped at all. That this old man would interrupt his moonlight stroll with his sweetheart with the precise reason of making fun of a child. "Oh," he said,
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This Little Sun Bear's...
i pile branches and damp leaves until the moonlight fills the cup of my nest my eyes fall to a close on the sand of peaceful off an unfamiliar racket
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Stunning Moonlight...
by moonlight we become more optically sensitive the world resolves to subtle
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The freakonomics of...
at a place like McDonald's. Which already foreshadows the main result that I've talked about, about what a crappy job it was, being in the gang. Because obviously, if being in the gang were such a wonderful, lucrative job, why in the world would these guys moonlight at McDonald's? So what do the wages look like? You might be surprised.
Video examples
How bacteria "talk" -...
so just in a sort of shallow knee-deep water and the squid is nocturnal so during the day it buries itself in the sand and sleeps but then at night it has to come out to hunt and so on bright nights when there's lots of starlight or moonlight that light can penetrate the depth of the water the squid lives in
Video examples
Bonnie Bassler: The...
just in sort of shallow knee-deep water. And the squid is nocturnal, so during the day, it buries itself in the sand and sleeps. But then at night, it has to come out to hunt. So on bright nights when there's lots of starlight or moonlight, that light can penetrate the depth of the water the squid lives in,
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Your elusive creative...
gather for these moonlight dances of sacred dance and music that would go on for hours and hours until dawn and they were always magnificent because the dancers were professionals and they were terrific right but every once in a while very rarely something would happen and
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
surface and the miners crawled on their bellies and collected them by the handful sometimes they would go out to search for diamonds at night when they twinkled in the moonlight it was the richest deposit ever found one-fifth of all the world's gem diamonds come from
Video examples
How to inspire every...
The more challenges to reading children face, the more culturally competent educators need to be. Moonlighting as a stand-up comedian for the past eight years, I understand the importance of cultural competency, which I define as the ability to translate
Video examples
Brian Skerry reveals...
One such story I did documented the leatherback sea turtle. This is the largest, widest-ranging, deepest-diving and oldest of all turtle species. Here we see a female crawling out of the ocean under moonlight on the island of Trinidad.
Video examples
John Hodgman: A brief...
and even I realized it at the time, as a nine-year-old child -- was that they stopped at all. That this old man would interrupt his moonlight stroll with his sweetheart with the precise reason of making fun of a child. "Oh," he said,
Video examples
This Little Sun Bear's...
i pile branches and damp leaves until the moonlight fills the cup of my nest my eyes fall to a close on the sand of peaceful off an unfamiliar racket
Video examples
Stunning Moonlight...
by moonlight we become more optically sensitive the world resolves to subtle
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Pramila Jayapal
American Politician
We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that means taking a lonely road, if what we are standing for is true, then perhaps moonlight or sunshine will light our way and make it less lonely.
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John Polson
Australian Actor
I have a great team. A lot of my focus every day is with my television and film career, directing and producing, and I guess you can say that my moonlighting gig is Tropfest. Obviously, when I am not working I am in the Tropfest office full-time.
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John Lahr
American Critic
The New Yorker's' drama critics have always had a comparable authority because, for the most part, the magazine made it a practice to employ critics who moonlighted in the arts. They worked both sides of the street, so to speak.
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R. Kelly
American Musician
When you hear romantic music, it makes you want to take your girl out to dinner or buy her something or take her out in the moonlight or take her on a walk.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
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George Perez
American Writer
Moonlight is my theater group. They are my home. I feel greatly appreciated there. That type of satisfaction, money can't buy.
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Auguste Rodin
French Sculptor
Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.
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Elaine Welteroth
American Journalist
Turns out moonlighting as a model is harder than I thought!
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Allen Ginsberg
American Poet
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.
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Bryan Adams
Canadian Musician
I moonlight as a singer.
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Pramila Jayapal
American Politician
We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that means taking a lonely road, if what we are standing for is true, then perhaps moonlight or sunshine will light our way and make it less lonely.
Quote examples
John Polson
Australian Actor
I have a great team. A lot of my focus every day is with my television and film career, directing and producing, and I guess you can say that my moonlighting gig is Tropfest. Obviously, when I am not working I am in the Tropfest office full-time.
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John Lahr
American Critic
The New Yorker's' drama critics have always had a comparable authority because, for the most part, the magazine made it a practice to employ critics who moonlighted in the arts. They worked both sides of the street, so to speak.
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R. Kelly
American Musician
When you hear romantic music, it makes you want to take your girl out to dinner or buy her something or take her out in the moonlight or take her on a walk.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
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George Perez
American Writer
Moonlight is my theater group. They are my home. I feel greatly appreciated there. That type of satisfaction, money can't buy.
Quote examples
Auguste Rodin
French Sculptor
Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.
Quote examples
Elaine Welteroth
American Journalist
Turns out moonlighting as a model is harder than I thought!
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Allen Ginsberg
American Poet
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.
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Bryan Adams
Canadian Musician
I moonlight as a singer.
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