moonlighting
SayMOON-lyt-ing/ˈmunˌlaɪtɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of moonlight. Use it after is or was, or to talk about the action itself.
My teacher is moonlighting as a pizza driver on weekends.
She was moonlighting at a bakery to save money for a car.
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- 2Working a second job on top of your main one, often at night.
Her moonlighting at the diner helped pay for her son's braces.
The company does not allow moonlighting, so workers can have only one job.
- 3Making strong alcohol in secret, against the law.
The family's moonlighting in the woods made whiskey that they sold to their neighbors.
Police found the old still and put an end to his moonlighting.
Similarmoonshining, bootlegging
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moonlighting 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 → moonlighting: add -ing
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