lightning.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A discharge of this kind.
The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand.
That tree was hit by lightning.
Anything that moves very fast.
Gin.
Obsolete form of lightening.
Where this word comes from
From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.
Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.
Where this word comes from
From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.
To produce lightning.
Where this word comes from
From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.