heat lightning


heat lightning

noun

Definition of HEAT LIGHTNING

: vivid and extensive flashes of electric light without thunder seen near the horizon especially at the close of a hot day and ascribed to far-off lightning reflected by high clouds

First Known Use of HEAT LIGHTNING

1810

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