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What (who) is moonshine - definition
HIGH-PROOF DISTILLED SPIRIT, GENERALLY PRODUCED ILLICITLY
Moonshining; White mule; Samogon; Samogonka; Samohonka; Samohon; Peatreek; Bootleg liquor; Moon shine; Ridge-runner; Tanglefoot whiskey; Hoochinoo; Mampoer; Busthead; Fake vodka; Polish moonshine; Pontikka; Beading oil; Moonshine liquor; Illegal whiskey; Bootleg alcohol; Bimber (moonshine); Choop; White whiskey; Mash liquor
![''Moonshining, a scene from the archipelago of [[Loviisa]] in the 19th century'', by [[Berndt Lindholm]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B Lindholm Lönnbränneri Scène från Lovisa skärgård.jpg?width=200 "''Moonshining, a scene from the archipelago of [[Loviisa]] in the 19th century'', by [[Berndt Lindholm]]")
![Former [[West Virginia]] moonshiner John Bowman explains the workings of a still. (November 1996, [[American Folklife Center]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Former moonshiner John Bowman explaining the workings of a moonshine still American Folklife Center.jpg?width=200 "Former [[West Virginia]] moonshiner John Bowman explains the workings of a still. (November 1996, [[American Folklife Center]])")
![spiral stills]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nomiku (first generation).jpg?width=200 "spiral stills]].")
![''The Moonshine Man of Kentucky,'' an illustration from ''[[Harper's Weekly]],'' 1877, showing five scenes from the life of a Kentucky moonshiner](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Moonshine Man of Kentucky Harper's Weekly 1877.jpg?width=200 "''The Moonshine Man of Kentucky,'' an illustration from ''[[Harper's Weekly]],'' 1877, showing five scenes from the life of a Kentucky moonshiner")
moonshine
n.
1.
Moonlight.
2.
Nonsense, trash, stuff, twaddle, fudge, flummery, balderdash, pretence, fiction, empty show, fustian, vanity.
moonshine
1.
Moonshine is whisky that is made illegally. (mainly AM)
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you say that someone's thoughts, ideas, or comments are moonshine, you think they are foolish and not based on reality.
As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine.
= nonsense
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
Moonshine
·noun The light of the moon.
II. Moonshine ·noun A Month.
III. Moonshine ·noun A preparation of eggs for food.
IV. Moonshine ·adj Moonlight.
V. Moonshine ·add. ·adj Empty; trivial; idle.
VI. Moonshine ·noun Hence, show without substance or reality.
VII. Moonshine ·add. ·noun Liquor smuggled or illicitly distilled.
VIII. Moonshine ·add. ·adj Designating, or pertaining to, illicit liquor; as, moonshine whisky.
Wikipedia
Moonshine
Moonshine is high-proof liquor, generally whiskey, traditionally made, or at least distributed, illegally. Its clandestine distribution is known as bootlegging. The name was derived from a tradition of creating the alcohol during the nighttime, thereby avoiding detection. In the first decades of the 21st century, commercial distilleries have adopted the term for its outlaw cachet and begun producing their own legally sanctioned, novelty "moonshine," including many flavored varieties, that in some sense continue its tradition, generally having a similar method and/or location of production.
Examples of use of moonshine
1. It wasn‘t a big business deal, fiddling with moonshine.
2. Mahalek hadn‘t expected moonshine to taste like that.
3. Cochon, a trendy restaurant in New Orleans, offers an entire moonshine menu.
4. All the same, since it was really cheap, it competed successfully with vodka and moonshine.
5. Most alcohol is consumed in the form of vodka and samogon, or moonshine.