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.
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A discharge of this kind.
It was the thought of hot July and August days, when the clouds piled up like woolly mountains, and lightnings streaked the sky.
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(figuratively) Anything that moves very fast.
Manny drove a few miles per hour under the speed limit, entranced by the awesome display of lightning streaking out of the clouds toward earth.
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