lightning
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lightning/ˈlʌɪtnɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 the occurrence of a brief natural high-voltage electrical discharge between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and often thunder.
- 2 [as modifier] very quick: lightning speed.
'lightning' also found in these Oxford entries:
ball lightning
- blitzkrieg
- bolt
- coup de foudre
- eclair
- forked lightning
- fulguration
- fulgurite
- fulminate
- fulminic acid
- grease
- levin
- lighten
- lightning bug
- lightning conductor
- lightning strike
- shaft
- sheet lightning
- storm
- streak
- sulphur
- summer lightning
- thunder
- thunderbolt
- thundercloud
- thunderstorm
- white lightning
