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lightnings

LYT-ningz/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋz/

2 meanings of lightnings

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  1. 1
    nounarchaic
    Plural of lightning. An old word for many separate flashes, found mostly in old stories and poems.

    Bright lightnings lit up the hills all through the night.

    You nimble lightnings, dart your blinding flames Into her scornful eyes!
    c. 1603, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”Here, lightnings means separate flashes of lightning.
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  2. 2
    verbnonstandard
    Third-person singular present of lightning. Mostly said by small children, with "it": it lightnings.

    "Every time it lightnings, the dog hides under my bed," said the little girl.

    "It lightnings and then it thunders," my little brother told me.

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lightnings is a form of lightning

lightning, verb: To make flashes of lightning, with it as the subject. Full entry

Forms
lightninglightnings he/she/itlightninging -ing formlightninged past tense, past participle
Spelling
lightning → lightnings: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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