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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • Tuntematon aksentti:
    • IPA: /ˈmuːnʃaɪn/
KieliKäännökset
espanjaluz de luna, alcohol ilegal
hollantimaneschijn, bocht
italiachiaro di luna
japani月光 (gekkō / がっこう, gakkō, げっこう, gekkō), 密造酒 (mitsuzōshu)
latviamēness gaisma, kandža
liettuasamanė
portugaliluar, moonshine
puolabimber, księżycówka, samogon
ranskaclair de la lune, alcool de contrebande, moonshine
ruotsimånsken, hembränd sprit, hembränt, nonsens, strunt
saksaMondschein, schwarzgebrannter Schnaps
suomikuutamo, pontikka, korpikuusen kyynel
venäjäлу́нный свет (lúnnyi svet), лу́нное сия́ние (lúnnoje sijánije), самого́н (samogón), самогон (samogon)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. (literally) The light of the moon.
  2. (informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
  3. (England, dialectal, archaic) smuggled spirits, often with a specific sense; (Kent, Sussex) white brandy; (Yorkshire) gin.
  4. (colloquial, uncountable) Nonsense.
  5. (mathematics, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.
  6. (US, cooking) A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.
  7. (obsolete) A month.

Verbi

  1. (intransitive) To make homemade (especially, illicit) alcohol, especially distilled spirits.
  2. (transitive) To make (an ingredient) into such a drink.

Esimerkit

  • They watered down the moonshine.
  • “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”
  • He was talking moonshine.
  • "We forget what we have learned in the last 60 years. At university I once asked one of my lecturers why he was not talking to us about continental drift and I was told, sneeringly, that if I could I prove there was a force that could move continents, then he might think about it. The idea was moonshine, I was informed."
  • Wherefore should I / Stand in the plague of custom and permit / The curiosity of nations to deprive me / For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines / Lag of a brother?

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkomoonshines

Luokat


(informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.

A modern DIY pot still

(informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.

Column still legend:

  1. Analyzer*
  2. Rectifier*
  1. Wash
  2. Steam
  3. Liquid out
  4. Alcohol vapor
  5. Recycled less volatile components
  6. Most volatile components
  7. Condenser
*Both columns are preheated by steam.

(informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.

Former West Virginia moonshiner John Bowman explains the workings of a still. (November 1996, American Folklife Center)