"lightning fast" meaning in All languages combined

See lightning fast on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-lightning fast.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lightning fast (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Extremely fast, fast as lightning. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: fulgurant, lightning-quick, quick as a flash, in a flash, lightning-fast [adjective] Translations (fast as lightning): lynhurtig (Danish), bliksemsnel (Dutch), fulmrapida (Esperanto), salamannopea (Finnish), éclair (French), foudroyant (French), rapide comme l’éclair (French), lixeiro coma un lóstrego (Galician), blitzschnell (German), blitzgeschwind (German), blitzartig (German), κεραυνοβόλος (keravnovólos) (Greek), αστραπιαίος (astrapiaíos) (Greek), villámgyors (Hungarian), fulminee (Interlingua), fulmineo (Italian), veloce come un fulmine (Italian), veloce come un lampo (Italian), dolalaš (Northern Sami), lynrask (Norwegian Bokmål), lynrask (Norwegian Nynorsk), błyskawiczny (Polish), błyskawicowy (Polish), молниено́сный (molnijenósnyj) (Russian), муњѐвит [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), munjèvit [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), fulminante (Spanish), blixtsnabb (Swedish), блискави́чний (blyskavýčnyj) (Ukrainian), chớp nhoáng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-lightning_fast-en-adj-7oHtOqDr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Adverb [English]

Audio: En-au-lightning fast.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} lightning fast (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Extremely quickly. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: quick as a flash, in a flash, lightningly
    Sense id: en-lightning_fast-en-adv-5BwUal0q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

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