chain lightning

1. 1.

   a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)

   Synonymsforked lightning

   Broaderlightning

Questions about chain lightning

What does chain lightning mean?

chain lightning means "a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)".

What is another word for chain lightning?

Close synonyms include forked lightning. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chain lightning a common word?

chain lightning is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.