lightning
/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/noun
- 1
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
“Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder.”
- 2
A discharge of this kind.
“That tree was hit by lightning.”
- 3
Anything that moves very fast.
- 4
The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
verb
- 1
To produce lightning.
adjective
- 1
Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.
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