lightning

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. 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.
2. A discharge of this kind.
3. Anything that moves very fast.
4. (slang) Gin.
5. (obsolete) Obsolete form of lightening.

Adj

Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.

Verb

To produce lightning.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.