Meanings
nounlightning strike (plural lightning strikes)
plural lightning strikes
- A lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.
- UKidiomaticA (sometimes unofficial) strike by workers with little or no warning.
Translations
Arabic صَاعِقَة
- صَاعِقَة (ṣāʕiqa)event during an electrical storm
Chinese Mandarin 落雷
- 落雷 (luòléi)event during an electrical storm
Dutch blikseminslag
- blikseminslagevent during an electrical storm
German Blitzschlag, Blitzeinschlag
- Blitzschlagevent during an electrical storm
- Blitzeinschlagevent during an electrical storm
Greek κεραυνός, χτύπημα κεραυνού
- κεραυνός (keravnós)event during an electrical storm
- χτύπημα κεραυνού (chtýpima keravnoú)event during an electrical storm
Hindi वज्रपात
- वज्रपात (vajrapāt)event during an electrical storm
Japanese いなずま
- いなずまevent during an electrical storm
Norwegian Bokmål lynnedslag
- lynnedslagevent during an electrical storm
Romanian lovitură de trăsnet
- lovitură de trăsnetevent during an electrical storm
Swedish blixtnedslag, åsknedslag
- blixtnedslagevent during an electrical storm
- åsknedslagevent during an electrical storm
Thai ฟ้าผ่า
- ฟ้าผ่า (fáa-pàa)event during an electrical storm
Turkish yıldırım
- yıldırımevent during an electrical storm
Cite this entry
APA
lightning strike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightning%20strike
MLA
“lightning strike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightning%20strike. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lightning strike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightning%20strike.
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