HEAT LIGHTNING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heat lightning mean? 

• HEAT LIGHTNING (noun)
  The noun HEAT LIGHTNING has 1 sense:

1. bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings); usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds

  Familiarity information: HEAT LIGHTNING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAT LIGHTNING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings); usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("heat lightning" is a kind of...):

lightning (the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more)