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mooning

mooning

1 9.1
The act of showing your bare bottom in public as a joke
  • noun
  • /ˈmuːnɪŋ/
  • Offensive
translation icon : enseñar el culo
  • When I was a teenager, I was arrested for mooning police officer.

When I was a teenager, I was arrested for mooning police officer.

Examples

  • The prankster was caught mooning a group of tourists, much to their surprise.

  • During the party, someone thought it would be funny to start mooning the guests.

  • He was known for his outrageous antics, including mooning people at public events.

Antonyms

to dress
∞ 1.0

To put clothes on yourself or someone else

to conceal
282 3.7

To hide something so others cannot see or find it

How Indecent

indecent exposure
  • Offensive
10 7.2
streaking
  • NSFW
3 6.7
mooning
  • Offensive
1 9.1

Surface Forms

mooning singular
moonings plural

Morphology

mooning = moon (opaque) = moon + ing

Although formed as 'moon' + '-ing', the idiomatic meaning 'to show one's bare buttocks' is not derivable from the base 'moon' (the celestial body) for most learners.

Etymology

Mooning for the prank of showing bare buttocks comes from a simple image: the exposed behind looks like a little moon, round and bare. A helpful way to remember it is to think of that round shape — that's why 'mooning' means flashing your bare rear as a joke.