kilat
KILAT is a word in Cebuano with its meaning in English.
kílat n lightning. kusug pa sa faster than greased lightning. v {1} [A] for lightning to flash. Mukílat gánì, dúna giyuy dalug- dug, Where there is lightning, there is thunder. {1a} -an curse hoping lightning strikes s. o. , esp. for doing s.t. immoral. Nag-pabaliw ang amahan ug anak. Kilátan pa untà, The father and daughter are having sexual relations. May lightning strike them! {2} [b(1)] have a lucky break in a seemingly impossible situation (lit. have lightning flash at one). Mupalit kug tíkit sa swipstiks uruy. Ug kilátan dì madátù unyà ku, Ill buy a sweepstakes ticket. Who knows. If I get a lucky break, Ill be rich. Musúkul ta bísag maáyu sila. Básin pag kilátan nga makadaug, We will play against them, strong as they are. Who knows we might get a break and win. {3} [b6] be done with lightning speed. Gipang-gútum ang kabatáan kay gikilátan lang ang pagkáun sa lamísa, The children must have been hungry because they finished their food with a lightning speed. paN-() v [A13] for lightning to be flashing intensely. Dautan ang panahun kay nagpangilat, The weather is bad and the sky is ablaze with flashes of lightning. -nun a with lightning speed.