moon around/about
phrasal verb
mooned around/about; mooning around/about; moons around/about
British, informal
: to move around slowly because one is unhappy
I was feeling depressed and just mooned about all day.
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The Hurricanes, an elite two-way team that needed another offensive game-breaker on the wing, should be over the moon about landing one of the few top-of-the-lineup difference-makers of this offseason.
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Harman Dayal, New York Times, 11 July 2025
On May 28, Resilience performed an orbital control maneuver, a 10-minute engine burn that brought the spacecraft into a circular orbit around the moon about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the lunar surface, according to a statement from ispace.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 2 June 2025
Olivia Munn is not particularly over the moon about Blue Origin's all-female space expedition.
—EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Baby Hamilton will premiere in fall 2025, and fans of the couple are over the moon about it.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 May 2025
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Harman Dayal, New York Times, 11 July 2025
On May 28, Resilience performed an orbital control maneuver, a 10-minute engine burn that brought the spacecraft into a circular orbit around the moon about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the lunar surface, according to a statement from ispace.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 2 June 2025
Olivia Munn is not particularly over the moon about Blue Origin's all-female space expedition.
—EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Baby Hamilton will premiere in fall 2025, and fans of the couple are over the moon about it.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 May 2025
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“Moon around/about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20around%2Fabout. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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