Why do we try to use "lightning" as a verb if we say "It's thundering and lightning outside!"? It would actually be "lightninging," amirite?

+268 Why do we try to use "lightning" as a verb if we say "It's thundering and lightning outside!"? It would actually be "lightninging," amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wrong. It's a noun, verb, and adjective.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

light·ning&ensp; &ensp;[lahyt-ning] verb, -ninged, -ning, adjective noun 1. a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. verb 2. to emit a flash or flashes of lightning (often used impersonally with it as subject): If it starts to lightning, we'd better go inside. adjective 3. of, pertaining to, or resembling lightning, especially in regard to speed of movement: lightning flashes; lightning speed.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I've never heard someone use "lightning" as a verb.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

because "lightninging" sounds ridiculous

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My teacher called me stupid when I asked that :'(

by Anonymous 12 years ago