it moves in less than one second
A high-speed jet is nowhere near as fast as a lightning bolt.
He ran as fast as lightning
fast as lightning
As fast as a bolt of lightning.
as fast as lightning or as fast as light
Fast as flash speedy as lightning
So fast. kachow!
"Lightning" is a noun. Sometimes people try to use it as an adjective to mean "fast" (ex, "with lightning speed") but it really should be used as "like lighting" or "lightning-fast" or so on.
fast
Lightning can be used as a noun (bolt of lightning) or an adjective (lightning fast). It is not a verb, so it does not have a past tense form.
The Flash
very fast maybe as quick as lightning