moon
/mun/ verb C2- To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest. · The hooligans mooned the riot police.· It was ill-advised of Sam to moon the photographer during the shoot.
- To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
- To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone. · Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.· You've been mooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?
- To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
- To expose to the rays of the Moon.
- To adorn with moons or crescents.
- To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. (from to the moon) · It is impractical if a currency moons and plummets often.
- To shoot the moon.
He/she/it moons · Past mooned · Past participle mooned · -ing form mooning
Verb forms
- Base form
- moon
- He/she/it
- moons
- Past
- mooned
- Past participle
- mooned
- -ing form
- mooning
From the library
I solemnly swear to be faithful to my bosom friend, Diana Barry, as long as the sun and moon shall endure.
They kept on walking, however, and at night the moon came out and shone brightly.
WHENEVER the moon and stars are set,
## XXXII THE MOON
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