moonlighted
SayMOON-lyt-id/ˈmunˌlaɪtɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of moonlight. Use it for something that happened earlier, or after "has" or "had".
She moonlighted as a waitress to pay for college.
He has moonlighted as a DJ on weekends for years.
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- 2Lit up by the light of the moon at night.
We walked along the moonlighted beach after dinner.
The moonlighted lake looked like a sheet of silver.
Similarmoonlit
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moonlighted is a form of moonlight
moonlight, verb: To work at a second job, often in the evening or at night. Full entry
- Forms
- moonlightmoonlights he/she/itmoonlighting -ing formmoonlighted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- moonlight → moonlighted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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Origins
Meaning 2
It is moon + lighted.
Meaning 1
It is moonlight + -ed.