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lightning
lightning
lightning
lightning
noun
uncountable
B2
US /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
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.
figuratively, usually
Forms
plural
lightnings
Example sentences
252 results
I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.
Tatoeba
Lightning precedes thunder.
Tatoeba
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lightning
Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.
lightning
To produce lightning.