- moonshine
- {n.} Illegally distilled alcoholic beverage made at home, mostly on a farm. * /Grandpa is at it again in the barn, making moonshine out of plums./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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moonshine — 1. n. nonsense; humbug. □ That’s just moonshine! I don’t believe a word. D He’s a master at moonshine. 2. n. homemade whisky; any cheap or inferior liquor. □ This moonshine isn’t the best you’ve made. □ Moonshine is supposed to be s … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
moonshine — [[t]mu͟ːnʃaɪn[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Moonshine is whisky that is made illegally. [mainly AM] 2) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you say that someone s thoughts, ideas, or comments are moonshine, you think they are foolish and not based on reality. As… … English dictionary
moonshine — noun a) The light of the moon; moonlight. They watered down the moonshine. b) Illegally distilled liquor, so named because much of the manufacturing process often is conducted without artificial light at night when the moon is shining. He was… … Wiktionary
