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to moon

to moon

1 9.3
To rise very quickly in value or popularity online
  • verb
  • /muːn/
  • Slang
: dispararse
  • If they come in soft, GameStop could actually moon on a good CPI read.

If they come in soft, GameStop could actually moon on a good CPI read.

Examples

  • Investors hope that the new cryptocurrency will moon after its recent announcement.

  • As more people discovered the app, its user base began to moon dramatically.

  • The popularity of the meme suddenly mooned when it was featured on social media.

Synonyms

to rocket
vsto moon
15 4.1

To increase very quickly

is mainly slang for rapid rises online especially in cryptocurrency

Idioms

over the moon
  • Informal
14 4.9

Feeling very happy and excited because something good happened

7 8.2

To make a long loud cry like a wolf to show strong feeling

6 5.0

Happens very rarely

3 6.3

Feel very strong love for someone

2 6.8

Tell someone you will do something very big although you cannot do it

2 7.6

To demand something that is impossible or too much

to hung the moon
  • Informal
2 9.6

To think someone is perfect and cannot do wrong

Admire someone so much that you think they are perfect

An impossible thing that someone asks for

To want something that is impossible or not realistic

Phrasal Verbs

to moon around
  • Informal
1 8.1

To spend time daydreaming and doing nothing useful

1 8.1

To walk or sit around slowly while feeling sad and lost in thought

1 9.5

To sit or stand and stare while lost in thought

Compounds

113 1.2

A time when the Moon's whole face looks bright from Earth

17 2.8

A thin crescent of the Moon that first appears after a dark period

blue moon
  • Informal
16 6.1

An event that happens very rarely

10 4.7

A full moon that comes soon after the start of autumn and gives extra light for farmers

man in the moon
  • Literature
9 6.7

A shape people imagine on the moon's surface that looks like a face

The half of the Moon that we never see from Earth

7 5.4

The moon looks red during a total eclipse when it passes into Earth's shadow because Earth's air filters sunlight

6 2.6

A time when half of the Moon appears lit by the Sun

A stage in the Moon's cycle that shows how much of it is lit

1 7.9

A very ambitious project that is unlikely to succeed

1 4.2

A pale curved area at the base of a fingernail

moon shot
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A rocket launch that sends a spacecraft to the moon

1 3.9

A pale beam of light from the moon that shines at night

moon blindness
  • Archaic
1 9.8

Poor sight at night in people and animals often caused by lack of vitamin A

blue moon event
  • Informal
1 6.6

A very rare event that almost never happens

1 9.1

A tree grown from seeds taken to the Moon on a space mission

The time when the Moon looks fully round and very bright

1 9.9

An act of praying to the moon as if it were a god

moon shell
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A smooth rounded sea snail shell with a small top often found on sandy beaches

1 8.6

A thin beam of light from the moon

moon-splashed
  • Literature
1 7.5

A place or object that has small areas lit by moonlight

full moon maple
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A small tree grown for its pretty, deeply cut leaves that turn bright red in autumn

A time when the Moon looks completely lit in the night sky

9.9

A small evergreen bush with soft hairy leaves, yellow summer flowers, and snail-shaped seed pods

moon blindness
  • Specialized
9.8

Repeated inflammation in a horse's eye that can cause blindness

9.9

A plant with tall stems, thin leaves, and clusters of small white or pink flowers

9.9

A person who secretly brings goods into or out of a country to avoid paying taxes

6.2

A tall plant with white daisy-like flowers that grows in fields

9.9

A person who brings goods into or out of a country secretly to avoid paying taxes

9.9

A curved part of a fort wall shaped like a half moon for defenders to fire on attackers

A time when the Moon looks like a thin crescent at the start of a new moon cycle

How Fast

to skyrocket
82 4.1
to soar
91 3.4
to moon
  • Slang
1 9.3
to spike
62 3.4
to surge
55 3.7
to take off
98 3.0
to rise
630 1.0

Surface Forms

moon infinitive
mooned past
mooned past participle
mooning present participle
moons third person singular

Etymology

The slang verb moon, meaning to rise very fast, comes from the image of going to the moon like a rocket — very high — so when a price 'moons' it shoots up quickly.