Mooning
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of showing one's buttocks.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of moon form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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.