"moonlighting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moonlightings [plural]
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  1. The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: moonlighter, on the side, side gig, side hustle Translations (period of working on the side): խալտուրա (xaltura) (Armenian), халту́ра (xaltúra) [feminine] (Belarusian), 兼任 (jiānrèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 兼職 (Chinese Mandarin), 兼职 (jiānzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), melouch [masculine] (Czech), sivutyö (Finnish), travail au noir [masculine] (French), travail dissimulé [masculine] (French), ხალტურა (xalṭura) (Georgian), Mehrfachbeschäftigung [feminine] (German), Schwarzarbeit [feminine] (German), חַלְטוּרָה (kháltúra) [feminine] (Hebrew), másodállás (Hungarian), álláshalmozás (Hungarian), mellékfoglalkozás (Hungarian), maszekolás (Hungarian), fusi (Hungarian), fusimunka (Hungarian), obair faoi choim [feminine] (Irish), lavoro nero [masculine] (Italian), nelegalus darbas (Lithuanian), chałtura [feminine] (Polish), халту́ра (xaltúra) [feminine] (Russian), рабо́та по-чёрному (rabóta po-čórnomu) [feminine] (Russian), pluriempleo [masculine] (Spanish), trabajo en negro [masculine] (Spanish), халту́ра (xaltúra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), підробі́ток (pidrobítok) (Ukrainian), шаба́шка (šabáška) (Ukrainian)
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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} moonlighting
  1. present participle and gerund of moonlight Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: moonlight
    Sense id: en-moonlighting-en-verb-45Ca3YvM

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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rabóta po-čórnomu",
      "sense": "period of working on the side",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рабо́та по-чёрному"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "period of working on the side",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pluriempleo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "period of working on the side",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trabajo en negro"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xaltúra",
      "sense": "period of working on the side",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "халту́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidrobítok",
      "sense": "period of working on the side",
      "word": "підробі́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šabáška",
      "sense": "period of working on the side",
      "word": "шаба́шка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moonlighting"
}

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