Definitions for moonlight
ˈmunˌlaɪtmoon·light

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. moonlight, moonshine, Moonverb

   the light of the Moon

   "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by"

2. moonlightverb

   work a second job, usually after hours

   "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moonlightverb

   To work at a second job in addition to one's main occupation; -- often done at night, hence the word.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. moonlightnoun

   The light reflected from the moon.

2. moonlightnoun

   Illuminated by the light from the moon.

3. moonlightverb

   To work at a secondary job, often in the evening or during the night. In American English, simply secondary employment, but in British English implying working secretly (i.e., not paying tax on the extra money earned).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moonlightadjective

   Illuminated by the moon.

   If you will patiently dance in our round,
   And see our moonlight revels, go with us. William Shakespeare.

   What beck’ning ghost along the moonlight shade
   Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade? Alexander Pope.

2. Moonlightnoun

   The light afforded by the moon.

   Etymology: moon and light.

   Their bishop and his clergy, being departed from them by moonlight, to choose in his room any other bishop, had been altogether impossible. Richard Hooker.

   Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung,
   With feigning voice, verses of feigning love. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moonlight

   Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes.

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1. moonlight

   Moonlight is the light that reaches Earth from the moon, particularly during night time. This usually occurs when the moon is in the stage of its cycle where the sun's light is reflecting off its surface and is perceptible from Earth. The intensity of moonlight can vary greatly based on the phase of the moon.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moonlightnoun

   the light of the moon

2. Moonlightadjective

   occurring during or by moonlight; characterized by moonlight

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moonlight

   Moonlight is the light that reaches Earth from the Moon, consisting mostly of sunlight, with some starlight and earthlight reflected from those portions of its surface which the Sun's light strikes.

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1. moonlight

   Song lyrics by moonlight -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by moonlight on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Work

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce moonlight?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say moonlight in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of moonlight in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of moonlight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of moonlight in a Sentence

1. Persian Proverb:

   The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.

2. Darren Huston:

   Reality is just a slap on the face dancing in the moonlight.

3. Oscar Wilde:

   Dreamers can find their way by moonlight and their only punishment is that they see the dawn before the rest of the world.

4. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

   Every sunrise will give the illumination in any man's hope what the moonlight cannot provide.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   Sometimes I had to moonlight and drive a taxi.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=moonlight
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=moonlight
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Moonlight
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=moonlight
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonlight
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=moonlight
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=moonlight