noun
- illegally distilled liquor, especially whiskey
- moonlight; the light of the moon
- foolish or unrealistic ideas; nonsense
Usage: informal
Usage: literary
Usage: informal
Examples
- The old man was arrested for selling moonshine from his cabin.
- During Prohibition, moonshine production flourished in rural areas.
- The garden looked magical in the soft moonshine.
- She walked through the forest bathed in pale moonshine.
- His get-rich-quick scheme was pure moonshine.
- Don’t listen to his moonshine about easy money.
- The moonshine filtered through the bedroom curtains.