white lightning

noun

Definition of white lightningnext
as in alcohol
illegally produced liquor college students secretly mixing up a batch of white lightning in the school lab

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Recent Examples of white lightning One, the stereotype is as dated as Moon Pies and white lightning. — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white lightning
  1. alcohol
  2. booze
  3. bootleg
Noun
  • The concrete bleachers around the basketball court was teeming with trash, plastic cups, and bottles of alcohol.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
  • Customers can also upgrade from well alcohol to more premiere brands for $4.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of alcohol
Noun
  • Numbing all that pain by going on The Lost Weekend-style binges of booze and drugs.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
  • Since March 2025, every Canadian province except for Alberta and Saskatchewan has banned the sale of American booze.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 July 2026
Definition of booze
Noun
  • There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content).
    — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026
  • Yolo County prosecutors have said he was connected to the bootleg fireworks that killed the girl.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of bootleg

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“White lightning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20lightning. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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