light
ning
1
a bright flash, caused by electricity, in the sky or one that hits the ground from within the clouds
- The sky lit up with a brilliant flash of lightning during the storm.
- She saw a bolt of lightning strike a tree in the distance.
- The lightning illuminated the entire landscape for a brief moment.
- We counted the seconds between the lightning and the thunder to estimate the storm's distance.
- The children watched in awe as lightning danced across the sky.
2
a sudden, extremely fast movement or action
- The magician made the coin vanish in a lightning of motion.
- He reacted in a lightning of reflex to catch the falling vase.
- Thoughts came in a lightning, leaving her momentarily speechless.
- The cat darted across the room in a lightning.
- She completed the puzzle in a lightning of insight.