moonshine
/ˈmunʃaɪn/
noun
- Alcoholic liquor, especially whiskey, that is made illegally or at home without a license.
- The police found a hidden still where they were making moonshine in the woods.
- Some people still make moonshine in rural areas and sell it secretly.
- My grandfather used to tell stories about drinking moonshine during Prohibition.
- Foolish or unrealistic talk, ideas, or plans; nonsense.
- Don't listen to that moonshine about getting rich without working.
- The scientist dismissed the theory as scientific moonshine.
- His promise to double everyone's salary in a month is pure moonshine.
- Moonlight; the light of the moon.
- The cat sat on the fence, its fur glowing in the pale moonshine.
- The old barn looked magical in the soft moonshine.
- They took a walk by the river, guided only by the moonshine.
verb
- To make or sell illegal homemade liquor, especially whiskey.
- The documentary shows how people still moonshine in remote mountain cabins.
- He learned to moonshine from his uncle who had been doing it for decades.
- During the 1920s, many farmers began to moonshine to earn extra money.