Lightning

Florida hockey franchise

Lightning is the visible electrical discharge during a thunderstorm—a sudden flash of light caused by atmospheric electricity jumping between clouds or between a cloud and the ground.

The adjective means extremely fast: lightning speed, a lightning-fast response.

Lightning never strikes twice suggests unlikely repetition.

To catch lightning in a bottle is to capture something rare and fleeting.

electrical

bolt

Threaded rod for nuts

current · charge · voltage · arc · plasma · ionization · channel · leader · static · discharge

weather

thunderstorm

Violent weather with lightning

  • boltThreaded rod for nuts
  • strikeForceful impact or stoppage
  • flashBrief burst of light

thunder · cloud · storm · electricity · sky · rain · illumination · atmospheric · discharge · horizon

mythology

Zeus

Greek sky god

bolt · deity · wrath · divine · omen · punishment · Mjolnir · celestial · supernatural · sacred

speed

fast

Speedy, or skip eating

flash · swift · split-second · blur · reflexes · blink · streak · dash · bolt · whip

idiom

bottle

Container for liquids

  • rodThin rigid stick
  • quickMoving with speed
  • fastSpeedy, or skip eating

round · greased · speed · luck · chance · probability · odds · rare · unlikely · expression

destruction

strike

Forceful impact or stoppage

scar · charred · blast · impact · tree · explosion · injury · fatality · surge · blackout

Categories
Opposites
speed/quickness

Lightningslowness

Absence of quickness

sluggishness · lethargy · snail's pace · torpor · crawl

atmospheric electrical phenomena

Lightningcalm

Free from agitation

clear skies · stillness · fair weather · cloudlessness · drought

brightness/visual intensity

Lightningdarkness

Total absence of light

blackness · dimness · shadow · gloom · obscurity

Phrases
Family

light, lights, lighted, lighting, lit, lighten, lightens, lightened, lightening

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G