moon

1. (informal, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.Examples: "The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year."; "That's no moon, you idiot... it's a space station!"; "The field’s practitioners believe that as they learn to read the universe using neutrinos, they could make new, unexpected discoveries — much as the lensmakers who first developed the telescope could not have imagined that Galileo would later use it to discover the moons of Jupiter."Synonyms: Moon, satellitebroadlyinformal

2. (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.Examples: "They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons."; "For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith, Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used Their dearest action in the tented field…"; "They number their age by Moons or Winters, and say a Woman or a Man is so many Moons old, and so they do with all memorable Actions in life, accounting it to be so many Moons or Winters since such or such a thing happened."Synonyms: calendar month, lunar month, monthliterary

3. (cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.

4. (card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

1. (transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.Examples: "The hooligans mooned the riot police."; "It was ill-advised of Sam to moon the photographer during the shoot."colloquialtransitive

2. (intransitive, colloquial) To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.Examples: "Bradly stood bewitched, mooning at the moon. Betimes he bent in a grotesque posture and looked at it between his legs, which was to rid his mind of preconceived colour values by seeing them upside down."colloquialintransitive

3. (intransitive, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.Examples: "Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months."; "You've been mooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?"; "On some level, the filmmakers behind Monster Trucks must have recognized the ill fit of Till playing a teenager, because they cast Jane Levy, a 27-year-old who can pass for younger but not a decade younger, as Meredith, a nerdy classmate of Tripp’s who moons over him as she insists on making an appointment to tutor him in biology."colloquialintransitive

4. (transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.transitive

5. (transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.transitive

6. (cryptocurrencies, of a coin or token) To rise in price rapidly or suddenly.Examples: "It is impractical if a currency moons and plummets often."; "I've followed several of the most popular crypto pundits on Twitter and discovered they constantly brag about their one big Hail Mary pick that mooned but neglect to mention – or delete – their numerous fumbles."

1. (paganism, mythology) A personification of the moon.Examples: "Women's rhythm of life, her monthly renewal with her patroness the Moon, is the most important thing in her existence."; "Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month."; "Moon's Day."