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lightning

/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
nounadjective

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.

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Noun 3 meanings

  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.

    “Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder.”

  2. A discharge of this kind.

    “The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand.”

  3. Anything that moves very fast.

Adjective 1 meaning

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

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

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Etymology

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

LIGHTNING at a glance

LIGHTNING has 9 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (L 1 + I 1 + G 2 + H 4 + T 1 + N 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,871 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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