moonshine

1. (countable, literally, uncountable)The light of the moon.

   the light of the Moon

2. The light of the moon.

   (countable, literally, uncountable)The light reflected off Earth's Moon.

3. (countable, literally, uncountable)The light reflected off a moon.

4. (countable, informal, uncountable)High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.

   They watered down the moonshine.

   whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash

5. (informal, uncountable)Nonsense.

   He was talking moonshine.

6. (uncountable)A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

7. (US, countable, uncountable)A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.

8. (UK, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable)Smuggled spirits, often with a specific sense; (Kent, Sussex) white brandy; (Yorkshire) gin.

   schwarzgebrannter Schnaps, Selbstgebrannter, Schwarzbrennerei

   самого́нsamogón

   самого́нsamohón

9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A month.

1. This is moonshine.

   Це самогон. — deniko

   ruЭто вздор. — Ooneykcall

   deDas hier ist Selbstgebrannter. — Vortarulo

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2. My great-grandfather was caught making moonshine.

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3. Would you like some moonshine?

   ruХочешь немного самогона? — odexed

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4. Have you ever drunk moonshine?

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5. It's possible to go blind from drinking moonshine.

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