moonlighted; moonlighting
: to hold a second job in addition to a regular one
moonlighter
noun
Examples of moonlight in a Sentence
Noun
A figure appeared in the moonlight.
Verb
She is a secretary who moonlights as a waitress on weekends.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The moon will set at approximately 6 pm in the eastern US on the 21st, so no moonlight will interfere with this meteor shower.
—Gretchen Rundorff, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025
Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
In addition to his new gig moonlighting as a model for J. Crew, Patrick Radden Keefe is on the crime and corruption beat as a staff writer for The New Yorker.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
With no moonlight to interfere, this might turn out to be one of the best meteor displays of the year.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The moon will set at approximately 6 pm in the eastern US on the 21st, so no moonlight will interfere with this meteor shower.
—Gretchen Rundorff, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
Image Rosalynn Carter moonlighted as her daughter Amy’s hairstylist while wearing a blue-green dress by Dominic Rompollo before her husband, Jimmy Carter, was inaugurated as president in 1977.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
In addition to his new gig moonlighting as a model for J. Crew, Patrick Radden Keefe is on the crime and corruption beat as a staff writer for The New Yorker.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Moonlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonlight. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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moonlight
1 of 2 noun
moon·light
-ˌlīt 
: the light of the moon
moonlight
2 of 2 verb
: to work at a second job in addition to a regular one
moonlighter
noun
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