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moonshine

noun

moon·​shine ˈmün-ˌshīn How to pronounce moonshine (audio)
1
2
: empty talk : nonsense
3
: intoxicating liquor
especially : illegally distilled corn whiskey

Example Sentences

Everything they said was just a load of moonshine. during Prohibition, moonshine and “bathtub gin” were made secretly
Recent Examples on the Web Widely considered the Irish equivalent of American moonshine, Poteen is an unaged spirit that can be produced from any fermentable substance. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 Todd also had several flavors of moonshine that tasted scarily good, very much like fruit juice. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 31 May 2022 Go moonshine and wine sampling at the many stops along the Gatlinburg strip. Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer, 1 June 2022 His novels too are set in a lawless South, their characters so surreal and disturbed they could be found only in dead-end towns marked by dirt roads and moonshine. Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022 Bourbon is new to this generation of distillers, but the Neeleys have been making moonshine in Eastern Kentucky for 11-generations but only the most recent two have been legal. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2022 The best way to describe it is as the Irish version of moonshine. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Jeni’s previously experimented with other savory flavors, including Parmesan and zucchini bread, and young Gouda with moonshine cranberries. Katie Deighton, WSJ, 8 May 2022 In America, where the most popular racing events feature the stock cars that were born of moonshine runners, the opposite usually obtains. Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of moonshine was in the 15th century

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