Definition of moonlighting

moonlight    

verb - intransitive

• to have a second job.

  During the day he's an accountant. He moonlights as a taxi driver.

  Last edited on Dec 17 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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