moon·shine (mo?on?sh?n?)n.1. Moonlight.2. Informal Foolish talk or thought; nonsense.3. Illegally distilled liquor, especially whiskey. Also called regionally white lightning.intr.v. moon·shined, moon·shin·ing, moon·shines To distill and sell liquor illegally.moon?shin?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.moonshine (?mu?n??a?n) n1. (Astronomy) another word for moonlight12. (Brewing) US and Canadian illegally distilled or smuggled whisky or other spirit3. foolish talk or thoughtCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014moon?shine (?mun??a?n) n. 1. Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, esp. illicitly distilled corn liquor. 2. empty or foolish talk, ideas, etc.; nonsense. 3. moonlight. [1375?1425; late Middle English mone schyne] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.