verb🔗ShareTo work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night."My dad works as a teacher during the day, but he moonlights as a taxi driver on weekends to earn extra money. "jobworkbusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(by extension) To engage in an activity other than what one is known for."My dad is a teacher, but he moonlights as a carpenter on weekends to earn extra money. "jobbusinessworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(by extension, of an inanimate object) To perform a secondary function substantially different from its supposed primary function, as in protein moonlighting."The classroom projector usually shows lessons, but today it moonlights as a video game screen for the students' reward time. "biologybiochemistrysciencefunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo carry out undeclared work."Even though he's a teacher, Mr. Evans secretly moonlights as a DJ at night to earn extra money. "jobbusinessworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading