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Moon

//muːn// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). alt-of, singular, singular-only, with-definite-article

    "Immediatly after the tribulacions off thoſe dayes / ſhall the ſun be derkeneth: and the mone ſhall not geve her light / and the ſtarrꝭ ſhall fall from heven / and the powers of hevẽ ſhall move"

  2. 2
    The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

    "I kind of have two Moons up there. I look at the Moon just like everybody else who's never been there. But every once in a while I do think of the second Moon, the one that I recall from up close and, yeah, it is kind of hard to believe that I was actually up there."

  3. 3
    A surname.
  4. 4
    A personification of the moon.

    "Women's rhythm of life, her monthly renewal with her patroness the Moon, is the most important thing in her existence."

  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
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  1. 6
    The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any natural satellite of a planet. broadly, informal

    "The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year."

  2. 2
    any natural satellite of a planet wordnet
  3. 3
    A month, particularly a lunar month. literary

    "They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons."

  4. 4
    any object resembling a moon wordnet
  5. 5
    A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

    "The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons."

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  1. 6
    the light of the Moon wordnet
  2. 7
    A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

    "The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century."

  3. 8
    the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) wordnet
  4. 9
    The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
  5. 10
    The thirty-second Lenormand card.
  6. 11
    In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
Verb
  1. 1
    To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest. colloquial, transitive

    "The hooligans mooned the riot police."

  2. 2
    expose one's buttocks to wordnet
  3. 3
    To gaze at lovingly or in adoration. colloquial, intransitive

    "Bradly stood bewitched, mooning at the moon. Betimes he bent in a grotesque posture and looked at it between his legs, which was to rid his mind of preconceived colour values by seeing them upside down."

  4. 4
    be idle in a listless or dreamy way wordnet
  5. 5
    (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone. colloquial, intransitive

    "Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months."

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  1. 6
    have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake wordnet
  2. 7
    To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.

    "We were only three on board. The poor old skipper mooned in the cabin."

  3. 8
    To expose to the rays of the Moon. transitive
  4. 9
    To adorn with moons or crescents. transitive
  5. 10
    To rise in price rapidly or suddenly.

    "It is impractical if a currency moons and plummets often."

  6. 11
    To shoot the moon.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). cognates and doublets Cognate with Scots mone, mune, muin (“moon”), North Frisian muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Dutch maan (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Danish måne (“moon”), Norwegian Bokmål måne (“moon”), Norwegian Nynorsk måne (“moon”), Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese máni (“moon”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European. The usage of "moon" to refer to the act reflected its use as a metaphor for the buttocks since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). cognates and doublets Cognate with Scots mone, mune, muin (“moon”), North Frisian muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Dutch maan (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Danish måne (“moon”), Norwegian Bokmål måne (“moon”), Norwegian Nynorsk måne (“moon”), Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese máni (“moon”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European. The usage of "moon" to refer to the act reflected its use as a metaphor for the buttocks since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). cognates and doublets Cognate with Scots mone, mune, muin (“moon”), North Frisian muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Dutch maan (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Danish måne (“moon”), Norwegian Bokmål måne (“moon”), Norwegian Nynorsk måne (“moon”), Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese máni (“moon”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European. The usage of "moon" to refer to the act reflected its use as a metaphor for the buttocks since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.

Etymology 4

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Doublet of Máni.

Etymology 5

* A variant of Mohan, from Irish. * A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce. * Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname. * A variant of Mun, from Korean. * A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬 /万 (Wàn), and 滿 /满 (Mǎn). * Possibly from Cantonese 滿 /满 (mun⁵, “full; complete”).

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