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as in alcohol
illegally produced liquor
during Prohibition, moonshine and "bathtub gin" were made secretly
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as in liquor
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
serving all sorts of moonshine at the bar
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as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
a book about the so-called good old days that's sentimental moonshine
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Recent Examples of moonshine
The downtown distillery and bar uses the original Great Depression-era recipe for its moonshine, but has also expanded to produce vodka, whiskey, sorghum rum, and beer.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Although the corn had historically been famously used in making the best illicit moonshine, its legal use in bourbon was novel.
—Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The moonshine is made with fresh blackberries grown on Jeptha Creeds farm in Shelby County.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 17 July 2025
Melky Jean’s grandmother made moonshine back in Haiti.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonshine
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The goal here is to convert the organic compound n-butanol into 1,4 butanediol, a bivalent alcohol and important raw material for plastics.—
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The driver of the truck, a 40-year-old man, was not hurt and will be subject to drug and alcohol testing, which police say is standard procedure.—
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Last year, multiple locations were seized by the Kansas Department of Revenue for thousands of dollars in unpaid sales and liquor taxes.—
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Aldermen legalized video gambling machines in neighborhood establishments, restructured liquor taxes to bring in more revenue, cleared the way for advertising on downtown bridges and more.—
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The next slide showed a mouthwatering array of meats, cheeses, crudite and nuts set for snacking on, along with bottles of Haack's champagne line, Clé Cachée, chilling behind an array of glasses.—
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For instance, nuts, seeds, nut butters, and chocolate are more prone to oxidation, which can lead to rancid flavors or a gritty texture.—
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The cocktail menu includes four non-alcoholic drinks, including a booze-free Old Fashioned and a margarita.—
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The Bohemian waxwing even takes its name from its notorious penchant for booze.—
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There are plenty of dining options in cities surrounding the Everglades—Miami, Naples, and Homestead—but most visitors bring their own food and drinks into the park.—
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The restaurant is busy preparing for a big night of food and drinks, and is no longer accepting reservations due to high demand, instead going with a first-come-first-served policy.—
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Crucially, the eggs were fittingly fluffy, none of that rubbery nonsense that plague lesser burrito slingers.—
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All’s Fair is girlboss nonsense.—
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Her source material is a pair of cassette tapes recorded by Dueñez in the ’90s, two of a series of bootlegs that the sonidero and his wife sold at the flea market along the Puente del Papa, a bridge connecting Monterrey’s prosperous city center with its mountainside slums.—
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After getting gouged repeatedly by bootleg play-action passes, screens and space plays over their first two series, the Pats struck back with a short-yardage stop and forced fumble on the next two series.—
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Another rum-forward favorite worth seeking out at El Bembé is the white marble cocktail, made with white Don Q rum, crème de cacao, St-Germain liqueur, and clarified Greek yogurt.—
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Bacardi now owns a majority stake, controlling Teeling along with its eponymous rum brand, Angel’s Envy, Patron, and Dewar’s.—
Cite this Entry
“Moonshine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonshine. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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