lightning
/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- A discharge of this kind.
- Anything that moves very fast.
- The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
- To produce lightning.
- Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.
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