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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMondmann
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈmoːntˌman/
"Der Spaßvogel zeigte sich als frecher Missetäter."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who exposes their bare buttocks as a prank, gesture of protest, or joke.
"Security guards quickly removed the rowdy mooner from the stadium field during the championship game." - 2
Someone who wanders about listlessly, dreamily, or in a state of absent-minded abstraction.
"He was known around the office as a bit of a mooner, often staring out the window instead of working."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'moon' (dating back to the 16th century meaning to wander idly or gaze dreamily, and later 20th-century slang for exposing one's bare buttocks), combined with the agent suffix '-er'. The term historically evolved from describing someone who is absent-minded or dreamy to also colloquially denoting a prankster who displays their naked posterior.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mooner" is said worldwide
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exhibiteur de fesses
Transliteration: /ɛɡ.zi.bi.tœʁ də fɛs/
"Un farceur a été arrêté pour avoir fait un moon."
Mondmann
Transliteration: /ˈmoːntˌman/
"Der Spaßvogel zeigte sich als frecher Missetäter."
chi mostra il sedere
Transliteration: /ki ˈmɔs.tra il seˈde.re/
"Il contestatore ha fatto un gesto volgare."
el que enseña el trasero
Transliteration: /el ke enˈse.ɲa el tɾaˈse.ɾo/
"El bromista fue multado por enseñar el trasero en público."
quem mostra as nádegas
Transliteration: /kẽj ˈmɔʃ.tɾɐ ɐʃ ˈna.dɛ.ɡɐs/
"O brincalhão foi expulso do estádio."
नितंब दिखाने वाला
Transliteration: /nɪ.təmb dɪ.xā.nē vā.lā/
"स्टेडियम में मज़ाक करने वाले व्यक्ति को बाहर निकाल दिया गया।"
脱裤露臀者
Transliteration: /tuō kù lù tún zhě/
"恶作剧者因在公共场合脱裤露臀而被捕。"
엉덩이를 노출하는 사람
Transliteration: /ʌng.dʌng.i.rûl no.chul.ha.nûn sa.ram/
"경기장에서 장난을 친 사람이 보안요원에게 끌려갔다."
尻出し男
Transliteration: /shiri dashi otoko/
"観客席でふざけて尻を出した男が警備員に連れ出された。"
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