moon around/about
phrasal verb
mooned around/about; mooning around/about; moons around/about
British, informal
: to move around slowly because one is unhappy
I was feeling depressed and just mooned about all day.
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The full moon around this time often rises around sunset, giving farmers more time to gather their crops, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
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John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2024
The oldest Chinese bakery in Chicago makes hundreds of mooncakes a day during the Mid-Autumn Festival season, which culminates in a full moon around the autumnal equinox, which falls on Sept. 17 this year.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024
These differences in the path and phase of our natural satellite result from the relative positions of the moon, Earth, and Sun in their orbits, constantly circling, moon around Earth and Earth around Sun.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2024
Matty Healy’s mother is over the moon about the British rocker’s engagement.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
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John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2024
The oldest Chinese bakery in Chicago makes hundreds of mooncakes a day during the Mid-Autumn Festival season, which culminates in a full moon around the autumnal equinox, which falls on Sept. 17 this year.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024
These differences in the path and phase of our natural satellite result from the relative positions of the moon, Earth, and Sun in their orbits, constantly circling, moon around Earth and Earth around Sun.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2024
Matty Healy’s mother is over the moon about the British rocker’s engagement.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
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