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light·ning (līt′niŋ)

noun

  1. a flash of light in the sky caused by the discharge of atmospheric electricity from one cloud to another or between a cloud and the earth
  2. such a discharge of electricity

Etymology: ME lightninge < lightnen, to lighten

intransitive verb

to give off such a discharge

adjective

like lightning

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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