(the moon or the Moon) the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun:there was no moon, but a sky sparkling with brilliant starsthe first man on the moon
a natural satellite of any planet:Titan, Saturn’s largest moon
literary or humorous a month:that wonderful night four moons agoI got my first laser printer many moons ago
(the moon) anything that one could desire:you must know he’d give you the moon
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1 [no object, with adverbial] behave or move in a listless and aimless manner:I don’t want her mooning about in the morning
act in a dreamily infatuated manner:Timothy’s mooning over her like a schoolboy
2 [no object] informal expose one’s buttocks to someone in order to insult or amuse them:the crew dropped their trousers and mooned at them [with object]:Dan had whipped round, bent over, and mooned the crowd
over the moon
informal, chiefly British extremely happy; delighted:they’re going on holiday on Wednesday so they’re all over the moon
[from The Cow jumped over the Moon, a line from a nursery rhyme]
