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lightning

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/

The English word “lightning” has 6 meanings listed here.

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.
  2. A discharge of this kind.
  3. Anything that moves very fast.
  4. Gin.

adjective

  1. Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.

verb

  1. To produce lightning.

Etymology

From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.

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