definitions

forked lightning

noun

a zigzag form of lightningAlso called: chain lightning

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Nearby words

fork-lift truck, fork-tender, forkball, forked, forked chain, forked lightning, forkful, forklift, forky, forlorn, forlorn hope
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Examples from the Web for forked lightning

  • Then flashed across the murky-black night of her stormy mind the forked-lightning inspiration of what the real revenge would be.

    The Dop Doctor|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves