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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Olivia Munn isn’t over the moon about the upcoming Blue Origin mission with an all-female space crew.
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Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
For those on the US East Coast, Mars will disappear behind the bottom of the moon around 9:16 p.m. ET and reappear behind the upper right of the moon at 10:31 p.m. ET.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
In my animation, not only are the objects too big but the orbital radius of the moon around Earth is way too big.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
If everything goes as planned, IM-2 will reach the moon around March 6 and touch down on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
For those on the US East Coast, Mars will disappear behind the bottom of the moon around 9:16 p.m. ET and reappear behind the upper right of the moon at 10:31 p.m. ET.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
In my animation, not only are the objects too big but the orbital radius of the moon around Earth is way too big.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
If everything goes as planned, IM-2 will reach the moon around March 6 and touch down on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Moon around/about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20around%2Fabout. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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