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Chain lightning   /tʃeɪn lˈaɪtnɪŋ/   Listen
Chain lightning

noun
1.
A form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like).  Synonym: forked lightning.






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"Chain lightning" Quotes from Famous Books



... The jack rabbit, next to the antelope, is the speediest quadruped on the plains. The cowboy does not try to follow the jack rabbit, but the blooded racer did. In a quarter of a mile the horse was nearly on him. He dodged like chain lightning—dodged as his life had taught him to dodge before the coyote and the hawk. The horse slowed up; the rabbit crossed a ridge; and when the rider reined upon the top, the jack ...
— The Preacher of Cedar Mountain - A Tale of the Open Country • Ernest Thompson Seton



Words linked to "Chain lightning" :   forked lightning, lightning



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