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A bolt of lightning that touches ground.

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Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
  • (electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
  • A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
  • A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
  • A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
  • A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
  • A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
  • A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
  • [Verb]
  • To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
  • To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
  • (of current or lightning) To arc to ground in a downstrike.
  • To strike from above.
  • To move downward in a striking motion.
  • To go in a downward direction.
  • (masonry) To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
  • To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
  • [Adjective]
  • downward or further down.
  • [Adverb]
  • In a downward direction

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