noun, verb
noun [U] the light of the moon:
to go for a walk by moonlight / in the moonlight * The floor was dappled with pale moonlight.
IDIOMS see FLITn.
verb (moonlighted, moonlighted) [V] (informal) to have a second job that you do secretly, usually without paying tax on the extra money that you earn:
He spent years moonlighting as a cab driver.
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