Meaning & use

moonshine

noun·Advanced

Strong alcoholic liquor, typically whiskey, that is distilled illegally, often at home.

See it in a sentence

During Prohibition, some families in the hills earned a living selling homemade moonshine.

The old still in the barn had once been used to produce moonshine.

A note on using this word

Moonshine specifically refers to illegally distilled spirits, historically associated with rural American Prohibition-era production.

Words with a similar meaning

bootleg liquor

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Another way to use it

2. noun

Foolish or nonsensical talk or ideas.

The old man waved off the get-rich-quick scheme as pure moonshine.

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