moonshine🔊

(literally) The light of the moon. +

(informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally. +

(England, dialectal, archaic) Smuggled spirits, often with a specific sense; (Kent, Sussex) white brandy; (Yorkshire) gin.

(colloquial) Nonsense.

(mathematics) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

(US, cooking) A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.

(obsolete) A month.

To make homemade (especially, illicit) alcohol, especially distilled spirits.

To make (an ingredient) into such a drink.