moon
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s
Proto-Germanic *mēnô
Proto-West Germanic *mānō
Old English mōna
Middle English mone
English moon
From Middle English mon, mona, mone, monæ, moone, moyn, moyne, 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”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots muin, mune (“moon”), Yola mona, moone (“moon”), North Frisian moune, muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Alemannic German Maan, manä, manòd, mànund, meini, moanu, Mond (“moon”), Bavarian mone (“moon”), Central Franconian Mond (“moon”), Cimbrian ma, maano, må (“moon”), Dutch maan, maen (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Limburgish maon, maond, moan, mond, Moën, Mǫnt, Mǫe̩nt, Mǫǫnt (“moon”), Luxembourgish Mound (“moon”), Mòcheno mu' (“moon”), Vilamovian mönd, mönt (“moon”), West Flemish moane (“moon”), Yiddish מאָנט (mont, “moon”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese and Icelandic máni (“moon”), Norn måni (“moon”), Crimean Gothic mine (“moon”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”); also Cornish and Welsh mis (“month”), Irish mí (“month”), Manx mee (“month”), Scottish Gaelic mìos (“moon; month”), Latin mēnsis (“month”), Umbrian 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄 (menzne, “Moon”), Greek μήνας (mínas, “month”), Albanian muaj (“month”), Latvian mēnesis (“month”), mēness (“moon”), Lithuanian mėnuo (“moon; month”), Belarusian and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac, “moon; month”), Bulgarian and Macedonian ме́сец (mésec, “moon; month”), Czech měsíc (“moon; month”), Polish miesiąc, mięsiąc, mniesiąc, niesiąc (“moon; month”), Serbo-Croatian ме̏се̄ц, мје̏се̄ц, mȅsēc, mjȅsēc (“moon; month”), Slovak mesiac (“moon; month”), Slovene mesec (“moon; month”), Ukrainian мі́сяць (mísjacʹ, “moon; month”), Armenian ամիս (amis, “month”), Avestan 𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵 (mā̊ŋh, “month”), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (måŋha, “moon”), Bactrian μαο (mao), μαυο (mauo, “month”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish مانگ (mang, “moon; month”), Northern Kurdish meh (“month”), Ossetian мӕй (mæj, “moon; month”), Pashto مياشت (myâšt, “month”), Persian مه (mah), ماه (māh / mâh, “moon; month”), Tajik моҳ (moh, “moon; month”), Tocharian A mañ (“moon; month”), Tocharian B meñe (“moon; month”), Sanskrit मस् (mas), मास् (mās, “moon; month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.
The usage of "moon" to refer to the act reflected its use as a metaphor for the buttocks since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.
Inflected forms:
form: moons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: moone
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: moons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mooning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mooned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mooned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: moone
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Any natural satellite of a planet.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
informal
examples: The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.
That's no moon, you idiot... it's a space station!
The field’s practitioners believe that as they learn to read the universe using neutrinos, they could make new, unexpected discoveries — much as the lensmakers who first developed the telescope could not have imagined that Galileo would later use it to discover the moons of Jupiter.
gloss: A month, particularly a lunar month.
pos: noun
tags: literary
examples: They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.
For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith,
Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used
Their dearest action in the tented field…
They number their age by Moons or Winters, and say a Woman or a Man is so many Moons old, and so they do with all memorable Actions in life, accounting it to be so many Moons or Winters since such or such a thing happened.
Many moons had waxed and waned when on the afternoon of a lovely summer day a lusty broad-boned knight was riding through the forest of Sherwood.
“From whence came the yellow metal, Busuli?” he asked. The black pointed toward the southeast. “A moon’s march away—maybe more,” he replied.
2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.
Through eerie reach of ancient woods / Where lumbering mists arise / I journey for nines moons of the year / To where a land of legend lies
gloss: A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
pos: noun
examples: The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.
gloss: A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
pos: noun
examples: The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.
gloss: The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
pos: noun
gloss: The thirty-second Lenormand card.
pos: noun
gloss: In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
pos: noun
gloss: To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
transitive
examples: The hooligans mooned the riot police.
It was ill-advised of Sam to moon the photographer during the shoot.
gloss: To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
intransitive
examples: Bradly stood bewitched, mooning at the moon. Betimes he bent in a grotesque posture and looked at it between his legs, which was to rid his mind of preconceived colour values by seeing them upside down.
gloss: (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
intransitive
examples: Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
You've been mooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?
On some level, the filmmakers behind Monster Trucks must have recognized the ill fit of Till playing a teenager, because they cast Jane Levy, a 27-year-old who can pass for younger but not a decade younger, as Meredith, a nerdy classmate of Tripp’s who moons over him as she insists on making an appointment to tutor him in biology.
gloss: To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
pos: verb
examples: We were only three on board. The poor old skipper mooned in the cabin.
I mooned around. I was mighty sick of the room by then.
gloss: To expose to the rays of the Moon.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To adorn with moons or crescents.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. (from to the moon)
pos: verb
examples: It is impractical if a currency moons and plummets often.
I've followed several of the most popular crypto pundits on Twitter and discovered they constantly brag about their one big Hail Mary pick that mooned but neglect to mention – or delete – their numerous fumbles.
“It was like nothing I ever saw. Just complete murder and carnage.” “Everything seemed calm at first but then this guy in a suit shows up talking about investment opportunities. Next thing you know these people over here started chanting, "Hoddle, Hoddle," and their NFTs started mooning. And then, these guys over here started saying those guys right there right-clicked 'em and-and called for a pump-and-dump, which made these guys beat the living hell out of anyone who said it was just FOMO and died screaming that is was the flippening. Luckily I came out of it ok. I got this little miniature donkey with a lit-up sombrero.” “Did you see where the guy in the suit went afterwards?” “Nah, he just waltzed right away like nothin' happened.” “Chief, you better come take a look at this. We got a small turtle with wings, could be a great investment opportunity.” “Excuse me, gentlemen.”
gloss: To shoot the moon.
pos: verb
Synonyms: ☽
☾
moon
Antonyms: moonlet
Related words: new moon
waxing moon
waning moon
full moon
old moon
gibbous moon
first quarter
last quarter
crescent
parish lantern
month
moonsick
lunar
Moonie
Selene
Derived words: antimoon
ask for the moon
barley moon
beaver moon
black moon
blood moon
blue moon
bomber's moon
buck moon
cold moon
corn moon
corn planting moon
crescent moon
crow moon
dark moon
deer moon
egg moon
exomoon
fingernail moon
finger pointing at the moon
fish moon
flower moon
frost moon
frosty moon
fruit moon
full moon
Galilean moon
gibbous moon
go howl at the moon
grain moon
grass moon
growing moon
gypsy moon
half-moon
half moon
hang the moon
hare moon
harvest moon
hay moon
honeymoon
honey moon
howl at the moon
hunger moon
hunter's moon
ice moon
know someone from the man in the moon
know someone from the man on the moon
long night moon
man in the moon
man on the moon
many moons ago
mead moon
micromoon
midsummer moon
milk moon
mini-moon
minimoon
mock moon
moon bag
moonball
moon base
moonbat
moonbath
moonbathe
moonbeam
moon-beam
moon beam
moon bear
moonbear
moon-bill
moonbird
moon-blind
moonblind
moon blind
moon blindness
moonblink
moon block
moonblood
moon boot
moon bounce
moonbounce
moonbound
moonbow
moon buggy
moonburn
moon-cake
mooncake
moon cake
moon-calf
mooncalf
moon carrot
moonchild
moon-child
moon child
moonclad
mooncraft
mooncrete
moon cricket
mooncup
mooncusser
moon cycle
moon daisy
moon deity
moondial
moon dog
moondown
moondrome
moondust
mooner
moonery
moonet
moonette
mooney
moon-eyed
mooneye
moon-eye
moon eye
moon-face
moon face
moon-faced
moon facies
moonfall
moonfish
moon flask
moon-flask
moonflask
moonflight
moonflower
moonful
moon garden
moongate
moon gate
moongazer
moongazing
moonglade
moonglow
moon god
moon goddess
moon guitar
moonhood
moonie
moon illusion
mooning
moonish
moonito
moon jelly
moon jellyfish
moon joy
moon jump
moon-knife
moon landing
moon language
moonless
moon-less
moonlet
moon letter
moonlight
moon-light
moonlike
moon-lily
moonling
moonlit
moon-lit
moonlitten
moon logic
moonly
moon madness
moonman
moon-man
moonmilk
moon milk
moon month
moonmoon
moon-moon
moon moon
moon moth
moonnaut
moon on a stick
moonpath
moonphase
moon pie
moon pigeon
moon-pool
moon pool
moonpool
moonport
moonquake
moon-quake
moonraker
moonraking
moonrat
moon rat
moon ring
moonrise
moon-rise
moon rise
moon rock
moon rocket
moon rocks
moon roof
moonroof
moon rune
moonrunes
moonsail
moonsault
moonscape
moonscreen
moonseed
moonset
moon-set
moon set
moonshine
moon-shine
moonship
moon shot
moon-shot
moonshot
moon sickle
moonsickle
moon-sickle
moon sign
moon snail
moon snake
moon soup
moonspeak
moon-speak
moonstomp
moonstone
moonstricken
moonstruck
moontime
moon tower
moon trefoil
moon unit
moonup
moonwake
moonwalk
moonward
moonwashed
moonwatcher
moonwise
moonwort
moony
moon zither
Mountains of the Moon
new moon
old moon
once in a blue moon
once in a purple moon
over the moon
phase of the moon
pink moon
planting moon
ploonet
promise the moon
quarter moon
quasimoon
quasi-moon
quaternary moon
rain moon
reach for the moon
rising of the moon
rose moon
sap moon
the dark side of the moon
shepherd moon
shoot for the moon
shoot the moon
sickle moon
sliver moon
smuggler's moon
snow moon
storm moon
strawberry moon
sturgeon moon
sub-moon
submoon
sugaring moon
super moon
supermoon
super-moon
the moon on a stick
think one hung the moon
thumbnail moon
thunder moon
to the moon
to the moon and back
Trojan moon
waning moon
waxing moon
wind moon
winter moon
wolf moon
worm moon
young moon
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