Meaning & use
moonshine
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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