(US, especially, attributively) (A person or thing that is) very fast and dynamic.
faster than a cat lapping chain lightning
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(chiefly, US, Canada) Lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked flashes.
smart as chain lightning (sharp-witted)
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(chiefly, US, slang, obsolete) A high-proof whiskey or other spirit that has not been allowed to mature; a poor-quality or adulterated spirit.
over a mile square of [the desert floor] was ringed and streaked and striped with a thousand branching streams of liquid and gorgeously brilliant fire! It looked like a colossal railroad map of the State of Massachusetts done in chain li…
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