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mooning

SayMOON-ing/ˈmunɪŋ/UK/ˈmuːnɪŋ/

2 meanings of mooning

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    The act of pulling down your pants to show your bare bottom to people, often as a joke.

    The mooning during the school trip got two students in trouble.

    Their mooning out the car window shocked the drivers behind them.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of moon. Use this form for something happening right now.

    She is mooning over her old photographs again.

    He kept mooning around the house all weekend with nothing to do.

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mooning is a form of moon

moon, verb: To pull down your pants and show your bare bottom to someone as a joke or insult. Full entry

Forms
moonmoons he/she/itmooning -ing formmooned past tense, past participle
Spelling
moon → mooning: add -ing

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Origin

It comes from "moon," which had been used to mean "the buttocks" since 1743. The word became popular through American student slang in the 1960s.