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Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Moonshine

/mo͞on'-shīnˌ/ · Moon·shine · IPA /ˈmuːnʃaɪn/
01 n. The light of the moon.
  1. 1.
    The light of the moon.
  2. 2.
    Hence, show without substance or reality.
  3. 3.
    A month.[R.]
  4. 4.
    A preparation of eggs for food.[Obs.]
  5. 5.
    Liquor smuggled or illicitly distilled, especially liquor distilled illegally in rural parts of the southern U. S.[Dial. Eng., & Colloq. or Slang, U. S.]
02 a. Moonlight.
  1. 1.
    Moonlight.[R.]
  2. 2.
    Empty; trivial; idle.
  3. 3.
    Designating, or pertaining to, illicit liquor; as, moonshine whisky.[Dial. Eng., & Colloq. or Slang, U. S.]