chain lightning
Chiefly Northeastern and Western U.S. lightning that seems to move very quickly in wavy or zigzag lines.
Origin of chain lightning
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How to use chain lightning in a sentence
I gathered another impression, and it was that bonefish were related to dynamite and chain lightning.
Tales of Fishes | Zane GreyWilson at full is simply chain lightning, and the whole country will be talking of him by November.
Bert Wilson on the Gridiron | J. W. DuffieldI could see their every movement, and it seemed to me that the chain lightning was striking the iron-stone all round them.
Allan's Wife | H. Rider HaggardOverhead the storm burst in fury, and flash after flash of fork, or rather chain lightning, leapt into the river.
Jess | H. Rider HaggardHe did the job up pretty well, considering; and as for your Thad, he's chain lightning on the send.
The Boy Scouts in the Rockies | Herbert Carter
British Dictionary definitions for chain lightning
another name for forked lightning
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