forked lightning

1. 1.

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

   Synonymschain lightning

   Broaderlightning

Questions about forked lightning

What does forked lightning mean?

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

What is another word for forked lightning?

Close synonyms include chain 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 forked lightning a common word?

forked 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.