Alternative form of moonraker (“someone from Wiltshire”). [(colloquial) Someone from Wiltshire.]
Used in a Sentence
moonraker
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for moonraker.
Editorial note
I also enjoyed all the shout-outs to the old movies too - stuff like the Moonraker level.
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Quick take
Alternative form of moonraker (“someone from Wiltshire”). [(colloquial) Someone from Wiltshire.]
Meaning at a glance
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(colloquial) Someone from Wiltshire.
(nautical) A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for moonraker.
noun
Alternative form of moonraker (“someone from Wiltshire”). [(colloquial) Someone from Wiltshire.]
noun
(colloquial) Someone from Wiltshire.
noun
(nautical) A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.
Example sentences
I also enjoyed all the shout-outs to the old movies too - stuff like the Moonraker level.
Like I've seen moonraker, but never thunderball, view to a kill but not goldeneye, octopussy but not never say never again.
Perhaps the moon orientated version could be called Moonraker after the Bond novel featuring a wealthy industrialist building rockets who turns out to secretly be a nazi.
They basically ran out of material after moonraker.
It's a mishmash of Python and C at the firmware layer with Moonraker (Python) sitting at the API layer and then some soft of JS-based UI like Mainsail or Fluidd sitting on top.
I couldn't tell you what any of the plots were (other than i'm pretty sure they go to a moon base in moonraker) or which villan goes with which film.
I used to work with an English chap who made a habit of reminding me that Moonraker had US Space Marines a good few years before Aliens … Semper Fi!
Mainsail just works better than Octoprint - it handles multiple printers better because of how it's decoupled from Moonraker (Klipper's API layer), it's a nicer interface, and of course it gets comfortable with things like Klipper's printer.conf editing, too.
Ian Fleming explored that idea rather effectively with Hugo Drax in the original Moonraker novel (which doesn't have much besides the name in common with the movie.) The way things are playing out, Drax must have been Musk's childhood hero.
Quote examples
James Bond in "Moonraker" 1979 fits this category.
I stopped reading after that unbearable "Moonraker".
Proper noun examples
Moonraker is one of the only movies to properly depict a Shuttle launch, and it came out before the Shuttle ever flew.
Alien is thrashed by Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Moonraker.
Unless you expect him to pull a Moonraker, I don't really see the problem.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use moonraker in a sentence?
I also enjoyed all the shout-outs to the old movies too - stuff like the Moonraker level.
What does moonraker mean?
Alternative form of moonraker (“someone from Wiltshire”). [(colloquial) Someone from Wiltshire.]
What part of speech is moonraker?
moonraker is commonly used as noun.