Meanings
moola1
alternative moolah
- informaluncountableMoney, cash.
1 more example
“Well, to fix this house, we need money, correct? Does anyone know if we have any money? Anyone?” “Uh...” “Cash.” “Coin.” “Moola.” “Gold.” “Wonga.” “Rubles.” “Milk.” “Lettuce.” “Bread.” “Dough.” “Sweet cream.” “Stripper tips.” “Anyone?” “Colin Robinson was in charge of paying all the bills in the house, and now Colin Robinson is dead.”
2022 July 12, Stefani Robinson & Paul Simms, “Reunited” (16:24 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 1, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou)Synonyms: ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny
moola2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMoney, cash.
Origin
Unknown, attested since the 1920s. Suggested origins, none of which are accepted by mainstream lexicographers, include: * from Romani mol (“have value, be worth”) * from Irish moll óir (“heap of gold”) However, this is unlikely because of the difference in pronunciation. * from French moulin (“mill”) * from Chinook Jargon moola (“mill”) * from Sanskrit मूल्य (mūlya, “capital, principal”) * coined by Chuck Green, a friend of Damon Runyon
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans pitte, malie
- pitteinformal: money
- malieinformal: money
- blinkinformal: money
Chinese Mandarin 金錢 /金钱, 鈔票 /钞票
- 金錢 /金钱 (jīnqián)informal: money
- 鈔票 /钞票 (chāopiào)informal: money
Czech prachy
- prachyinformal: money
Dutch poen
- poeninformal: money
Finnish tuohi, fyrkka
- tuohiinformal: money
- fyrkkainformal: money
- hynäinformal: money
- massiinformal: money
French blé, moula
- bléinformal: money
- moulainformal: money
- oseilleinformal: money
- pognoninformal: money
- thuneinformal: money
German Penunze
- Penunzeinformal: money
Hebrew כסף
- כסף (késef)informal: money
Italian grana
- granainformal: money
Polish mamona
- mamonainformal: money
Portuguese grana
- granainformal: money
Romanian lovele, mălai
- loveleinformal: money
- mălaiinformal: money
Russian капу́ста
- капу́ста (kapústa)informal: money
Spanish lana, plata
- lanainformal: money
- platainformal: money
- pastainformal: money
Swedish deg, stålar
- deginformal: money
- stålarinformal: money
- kosinginformal: money
- parainformal: money
- klöverinformal: money
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with moola
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Cite this entry
moola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moola
“moola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moola. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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