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mooned Definition


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moon2
verb, intr mooned, mooning
    1. To wander around aimlessly; to spend time idly.
      Thesaurus: brood, mope, languish, pine, daydream, fantasize.
      Form: moon about (usually)
      Form: moon around
    2. slang
      To make a show of one's bare buttocks in public.
Derivative: mooner
noun
    Etymology: 1960s in sense 2, from a resemblance to the moon1; 19c in sense 1, referring to the behaviour of someone who is moonstruck.



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