Usually means: Electrical discharge accompanied by sound.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word thunder and lightning:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. thunder-and-lightning: Merriam-Webster
  2. thunder-and-lightning: Wordnik
  3. thunder and lightning: Wiktionary
  4. Thunder and Lightning (DC Comics), Thunder and Lightning (album), Thunder and Lightning (comics), Thunder and Lightning: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Thunder and Lightning: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thunder and lightning, thunder and lightning: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (thunder and lightning)

▸ noun:  A thunderstorm.

Similar:
thundershower, lightning storm, thunderbolt, thunderstorm, thunderburst, thundering, electrical storm, lightning, thunderlight, thunderstroke, more...

Opposite:
calm, stillness, quiet

Types:
sheet lightning, fork lightning, ball lightning, heat lightning, more...

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Similar:
thundershower, lightning storm, thunderbolt, thunderstorm, thunderburst, thundering, electrical storm, lightning, thunderlight, thunderstroke, more...

Opposite:
calm, stillness, quiet

Types:
sheet lightning, fork lightning, ball lightning, heat lightning, more...



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