Noun
A single, visible discharge of lightning.
A conventional representation of a lightning bolt as a zigzag line.
A conventional representation of a lightning bolt in heraldry or in artistic depictions of thunder gods, for example as a winged and barbed torch.
(metaphoric) Something that shocks or energizes, especially something that does so suddenly.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAs if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out in the middle of the courtyard. (...) You don't pick out the rain that soaks you to the skin when you come out of a concert. Julio Cortázar
Question (from a reader) : Will the Wise Goddess Athena overthrow Zeus and become the ruler of Olympus? Athena's answer : What an interesting idea... No, just kidding, Dad. Put away the lightning bolt. Rick Riordan
No, teaching could be done as fast as a lightning bolt. He'd cut across the valleys of my deepest doubts, giving light to the darkest crevices of my beaten-down, inhibited mind, accessing a natural storytelling ability within me that was utterly profound! Victor Villaseñor
Then a lightning bolt shot straight through my skivvies. Sha-ZAM! Megan McCafferty
He has the attention span of a lightning bolt. Robert Redford
The retired eight-time Olympic gold medalist took to social media on Tuesday to introduce his first child to the world, revealing that she is called Olympia Lightning Bolt. Source: Internet