I. moon‧light¹ /ˈmuːnlaɪt/ noun [uncountable]

1. the light of the moon
in the moonlight
The water looked silver in the moonlight.
pale/silver moonlight
The hills were bathed in pale moonlight.
by moonlight
We dined by moonlight.

2. do a moonlight (flit) British English to leave a place secretly in the middle of the night in order to avoid paying money that you owe:
They did moonlight flits from one awful apartment to another.

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II. moonlight² verb [intransitive] informal

1. to have a second job in addition to your main job, especially without the knowledge of the government tax department:
She’s been moonlighting as a waitress in the evenings.

2. British English to do paid work although you are getting money from the government because you do not officially have a job
—moonlighter noun [countable]
—moonlighting noun [uncountable]:
He’s been doing some moonlighting for another company.

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moonlight
noun
ADJ. bright, clear | faint, pale
QUANT. shaft a single shaft of moonlight
VERB + MOONLIGHT be bathed in, gleam in, glint in, shine in The fields were bathed in bright moonlight that night. His helmet glinted in the moonlight.
MOONLIGHT + VERB filter, shine, stream the faint moonlight filtering through the stained glass windows
PREP. by ~ The castle looks fantastic by moonlight.
in the ~ The leaves were silver in the moonlight.

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