Meaning

8 senses
  1. (colloquial, transitive)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.

    den nackten Hintern zeigen

    пока́зывать го́лую за́дницуpokázyvatʹ góluju zádnicu

    показати голу попуpokazaty holu popu

  2. (colloquial, intransitive)To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.

  3. (colloquial, intransitive, usually)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?

  4. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.

  5. (transitive)To expose to the rays of the Moon.

    expose one's buttocks to

  6. (transitive)To adorn with moons or crescents.

  7. To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. (from to the moon)

    It is impractical if a currency moons and plummets often.

  8. To shoot the moon.

Examples

1036 sentences
  1. The moon was bright last night.

    Минулої ночі місяць світив яскраво.

    ruЛуна была яркой прошлой ночью.

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  2. There's no life on the moon.

    На Місяці немає життя.

    ruНа Луне нет жизни.

    deEs gibt kein Leben auf dem Mond.

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  3. The moon was full last night.

    Минулої ночі був повний місяць.

    ruПрошлой ночью было полнолуние.

    deGestern Nacht war Vollmond.

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  4. I looked up at the moon.

    Я подивився вгору на місяць.

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  5. I saw the moon above the roof.

    Я побачив місяць понад дахом.

    ruЯ увидела луну над крышей.

    deIch habe den Mond über dem Dach gesehen.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to display one's buttocks to:
Русский
By meaning 1
to display one's buttocks to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to display one's buttocks to:

Origin

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō,

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”).

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Forms

moons, mooning, mooned, mooned
Base formmoon · to moon
3rd person singularmoons
Present participlemooning
Past simplemooned
Past participlemooned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymoon
he, she, itmoons

Past simpleLesson

all personsmooned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mooned
he, she, ithas mooned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill moon

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • on the moon
  • the moon is
  • full moon
  • a full moon
  • at the moon
  • than the moon
  • to the moon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
moon — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto