A single, visible discharge of lightning. / A conventional representation of a lightning bolt as a zigzag line.

(US, dated, slang) Bullets; gunfire.

Lightning strikes that occur when there is no rain, thus a common cause of bushfires or forest fires.

plural of scarlet lightning

The plant Silene chalcedonica (syn. Lychnis chalcedonica), with bright red flowers.

plural of lightning strike

A lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.

fork lightning

plural of fork lightning

Lightning that contains bolts that branch.