moonshine
Backwoods still product
Moonshine is illegally distilled liquor, especially whiskey made in homemade stills to avoid taxation.
The term evokes Appalachian tradition and Prohibition-era bootlegging: His grandfather used to run moonshine through the mountains.
Moonshine also means foolish talk or nonsense: That's pure moonshine.
The literal sense—light from the moon—is the oldest but least common today.
Unmoving, or continuing
- hoochIllicit liquor, slangily
- revenuersSlang for tax collectors
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
bootleg · smuggle · contraband · rum-running · backwoods · outlaw · untaxed · mash
Oak-aged grain spirit
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
proof · distilled · fermentation · barrel · ethanol · bourbon · rye · grain
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- malarkeyInsincere foolish talk
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
twaddle · claptrap · bunkum · hokum · humbug · tommyrot · codswallop · baloney
Heatless light emission
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
- silveryPale metallic sheen
- beamStructural support member
- gleamFaint reflected light
ethereal · radiance · night-light · illumination · lambent · opalescent · ghostly · twilight
still
Unmoving, or continuing
prohibition · bootleg · smuggle · contraband · rum-running · backwoods · outlaw · untaxed · mash · fermenting
whiskey
Oak-aged grain spirit
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
spirits · proof · distilled · fermentation · barrel · ethanol · bourbon · rye · grain · yeast
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
drivel · twaddle · claptrap · bunkum · hokum · humbug · tommyrot · codswallop · baloney · rubbish
luminescence
Heatless light emission
gleam · ethereal · radiance · night-light · illumination · lambent · opalescent · ghostly · twilight · dappled
moon
Natural planetary satellite
waxing · phases · tides · lunar · nighttime · celestial · starlight · midnight · nocturnal · eclipse
- SouthernSouthern belles, sweet tea, front porch, grits, y'all
- Southern culturesweet tea, grits, fried chicken, front porch, barbecue
- AppalachiaAppalachian culture, Blue Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Cumberland, Great Smoky Mountains
- drink historybootleggers, speakeasies, temperance movement, 18th Amendment, 21st Amendment
- liquor lawsDUI, legal age, public intoxication, alcohol ban, open container
- moonshinewhite lightning, hooch, bootleg, shine, copper still
moonshinesense
Perception or judgment
truth · reason · rationality · wisdom · reasonableness
- moonshine stillIllegal alcohol-making equipment
- moonshine runnersIllegal alcohol transporters
- moonshine jugContainer for homemade spirits