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.
Examples of moon around/about in a Sentence
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For convenience, there are two side pockets, thoughtful details that Amazon shoppers were over the moon about.
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
To create his images, Fridge used a desktop lamp for the sun, an opaque disc for the moon, and a little motor pulling the disc on a string for the gravitational pull that steers the moon around the sun.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Our tasters were over the moon about the intense punch that each chocolate chip packed.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2024
What’s more, the authors say that the data obtained from the Hubble telescope, which is primarily where the claim for the moon around Kepler-1625b comes from, can’t be properly detrended and thus shouldn’t be relied on for exomoon searches.
—Ivan Paul, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
Bruce and Patti were just over the moon about the movie.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2023
The choreographer told one reporter last week that the 12-time Grammy winner was over the moon about the opportunity to perform such a sensual number.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023
After that, the plan is for an SLS rocket to go to the moon about once a year, allowing astronauts to assemble an orbital space station and then, by the early 2030s, a surface habitat in which astronauts can live for a week at a time.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 18 Dec. 2022
Jackson and Palmer are over the moon about their new baby; ultimately, that’s all that matters.
—Essence, 14 Dec. 2022
Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
To create his images, Fridge used a desktop lamp for the sun, an opaque disc for the moon, and a little motor pulling the disc on a string for the gravitational pull that steers the moon around the sun.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Our tasters were over the moon about the intense punch that each chocolate chip packed.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2024
What’s more, the authors say that the data obtained from the Hubble telescope, which is primarily where the claim for the moon around Kepler-1625b comes from, can’t be properly detrended and thus shouldn’t be relied on for exomoon searches.
—Ivan Paul, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
Bruce and Patti were just over the moon about the movie.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2023
The choreographer told one reporter last week that the 12-time Grammy winner was over the moon about the opportunity to perform such a sensual number.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023
After that, the plan is for an SLS rocket to go to the moon about once a year, allowing astronauts to assemble an orbital space station and then, by the early 2030s, a surface habitat in which astronauts can live for a week at a time.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 18 Dec. 2022
Jackson and Palmer are over the moon about their new baby; ultimately, that’s all that matters.
—Essence, 14 Dec. 2022
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“Moon around/about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20around%2Fabout. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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