Mooning

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of showing one's buttocks.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of moon form-of, gerund, participle, present

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absence of mindabsentabsent-mindedabsentmindedabsentmindednessabsorbed

Example

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"Yanni was mooning over that nurse."

Etymology

The usage of "mooning" to refer to the act reflected the use of "moon" as a metaphor for "the buttocks" since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.

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