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moon

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See also:Moon,mo-on,mòòn,andMöön

English

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The Moon (waning crescent).
The Moon (full).

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmone, fromOld Englishmōna(moon), fromProto-West Germanic*mānō, fromProto-Germanic*mēnô(moon), fromProto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s(moon, month), probably from*meh₁-(to measure).

cognates and doublets

Cognate withScotsmone,mune,muin(moon),North Frisianmuun(moon),Saterland FrisianMoune(moon),West Frisianmoanne(moon),Dutchmaan(moon),GermanMond(moon),Danishmåne(moon),Norwegian Bokmålmåne(moon),Norwegian Nynorskmåne(moon),Swedishmåne(moon),Faroesemáni(moon),Icelandicmáni(moon),Latinmēnsis(month). See alsomonth, a related term within Indo-European.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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moon

  1. (with "the", singular only)Alternativeletter-case form ofMoon(theEarth's only permanent naturalsatellite).
    • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.],The Newe Testamẽt [] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany:Peter Schöffer],→OCLC,Matthew xxiiij:[29],folio xxxiiij, verso:
      Immediatly after the tribulacions off thoſe dayes / ſhall the ſun be derkeneth: and themone ſhall not geve her light / and the ſtarrꝭ ſhall fall from heven / and the powers of hevẽ ſhall move
    • 1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page233:
      "I suppose I may have leave to do that!" Yes, she could do that, he said, but there was no road to that place; it lay east of the sun and west of themoon, and she could never find her way there.

Noun

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moon (pluralmoons)

  1. (informal, by extension ofMoon) Any natural satellite of aplanet.
    The stargazer observed themoons of Jupiter for over a year.
    That's nomoon, you idiot... it's a space station!
    • 2021 March 30, Anton Troianovski, “Hunting Ghost Particles Beneath the World’s Deepest Lake”, inThe New York Times[1], archived fromthe original on2021-03-30:
      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 themoons of Jupiter.
  2. (literary) Amonth, particularly alunar month.
    • 1603, William Shakespeare,Othello:
      For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith,
      Till now some ninemoons wasted, they have used
      Their dearest action in the tented field…
    • 1737, John Brickell,The natural history of North-Carolina, pages308–309:
      They number their age byMoons or Winters, and say a Woman or a Man is so manyMoons old, and so they do with all memorable Actions in life, accounting it to be so manyMoons or Winters since such or such a thing happened.
    • 1822, Thomas Love Peacock,Maid Marian, page238:
      Manymoons 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.
    • 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 ninesmoons of the year / To where a land of legend lies
    They stayed with their aunt and uncle for manymoons.
  3. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
    The wizard costume was decorated with stars andmoons.
  4. Acrescent-likeoutwork in afortification.
    Themoons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.
  5. The eighteenthtrump/major arcana card of theTarot.
  6. (cartomancy) The thirty-secondLenormand card.
  7. (card games) Inhearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

Usage notes

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Sranan Tongo:mun
  • Tok Pisin:mun
  • Torres Strait Creole:mun

Translations

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Seemoon/translations § Noun.

Verb

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moon (third-person singular simple presentmoons,present participlemooning,simple past and past participlemooned)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) To display one'sbuttocks to, typically as ajest,insult, orprotest.
    Coordinate terms:flash,streak
    The hooligansmooned the riot police.
    It was ill-advised of Sam tomoon the photographer during the shoot.
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) Togaze atlovingly or inadoration.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay,Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1962,→OCLC, page164:
      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.
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) (usually followed byoverorafter) Tofuss over somethingadoringly; to beinfatuated with someone.
    Sarahmooned over Sam's photograph for months.
    You've beenmooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?
    • 2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, inThe Onion AV Club[2]:
      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 whomoons over him as she insists on making an appointment to tutor him in biology.
    • 2023 September 24, HarryBlank, “Working Wonders”, inSCP Foundation[3], archived fromthe original on25 May 2024:
      "No, you're right." Udo shook this newest distraction out of her head. She knew it would come creeping back in through the ears in due time, just as she knew the best way to dispel it was to finish the job and link up with the rest of the Site. In any event, there was something in what Brenda had said that didn't make sense... "But why would he bemooning over her, if she's still awake?"

      "Because he's with V—"

      "Veiksaar!" Udo fairly shouted, slapping her forehead. "Oh, shit. This is going to take a lot of getting used to."

  4. Tospend timeidly,absent-mindedly.
    • 1898, Joseph Conrad,Youth:
      We were only three on board. The poor old skippermooned in the cabin.
    • 2001, Stephen King,The Death of Jack Hamilton:
      Imooned around. I was mighty sick of the room by then.
  5. (transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  6. (transitive) Toadorn with moons orcrescents.
  7. (cryptocurrencies, of a coin or token) Torise in price rapidly or suddenly.
    It is impractical if a currencymoons and plummets often.
    • 2019, Mark Grabowski,Cryptocurrencies: A Primer on Digital Money[4], Routledge,→ISBN:
      I've followed several of the most popular crypto pundits on Twitter and discovered they constantly brag about their one big Hail Mary pick thatmooned but neglect to mention – or delete – their numerous fumbles.
  8. (card games) Toshoot the moon.

Translations

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Seemoon/translations § Verb.

Related terms

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See also

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Further reading

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Anagrams

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Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germanman, fromOld High Germanman, fromProto-Germanic*mann-. Cognate withGermanMann,Dutchman,Englishman,Icelandicmaður,Swedishman,Gothic𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰(manna).

Noun

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moon

  1. (Timau)man
  2. (Timau)husband

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Chinese

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Etymology

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Deliberate misspelling ofmon. Originated from a post onHKGolden circa 2005.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moon

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internetslang, neologism)Synonym ofmon(Classifier:c)

Verb

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moon

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internetslang, neologism)Synonym ofmon

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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moon

  1. (dialectal, South Ostrobothnia)Contraction ofoon(I'm).

Anagrams

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Manx

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Pronunciation

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Irishmún.

Noun

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moon m (genitive singularmooin,no plural)

  1. verbal noun ofmoon
  2. urine
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Etymology 2

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FromOld Irishmúnaid(makes water, pisses).

Verb

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moon (pastvoon,future independentmoonee,verbal nounmoonormooney,past participlemoonit)

  1. (ambitransitive)urinate,micturate,pee

Mutation

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Mutation ofmoon
radicallenitioneclipsis
moonvoonunchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianman, fromProto-West Germanic*mann, fromProto-Germanic*mann-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moon m (pluralmåånsor(after numerals)moon)(Mooring)

  1. man(adult male human)
  2. husband

Usage notes

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  • For the plural,kjarls is often preferred; see there.

Teop

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Noun

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moon

  1. woman

References

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