HyperDic: forked_lightning

English > 1 sense of the expression forked lightning:
NOUNphenomenonforked lightning, chain lightninga form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)
English > forked lightning: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like).
Synonymchain lightning
Broaderlightningabrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

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