moonlight

Formsmoonlights, moonlighting, moonlighted

1. 1
   night glownoununcountablebefore a noun

   The light that comes from the moon at night.

   The lake shone silver in the moonlight.

   We walked home by moonlight after the party.

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2. 2
   second jobverbintransitive

   To work at a second job, often in the evening or at night.

   Many nurses moonlight at a second hospital to earn extra money.

   He moonlighted as a waiter at night while he was in college.

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3. 3
   celebrity sidelineverbintransitive

   To do something different from the thing you are famous for.

   The famous singer likes to moonlight as a painter.

   Our star goalkeeper moonlights as a stand-up comic.

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   second use (things)verbintransitive

   Of a thing, to do a second job very different from its main one.

   The back seats fold away so the car can moonlight as a small van.

   In our yard, the old bathtub moonlights as a planter for flowers.

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