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blitz

Pronunciation: /blɪts/

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Definition of blitz

noun

  • 1an intensive or sudden military attack: a heavy artillery blitz
  • (the Blitz) the German air raids on Britain in 1940-1.
  • 2 informal a sudden concerted effort to deal with something:Katrina and I had a blitz on the cleaning
  • American Football a play in which one or more defensive backs charge the quarterback of the opposing team.

verb

[with object]
  • 1attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz:news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed figurativeshe blitzed her own world record in the 400m freestyle
  • 2process (food) in an electric mixing machine:add the eggs and blitz the mixture until it becomes granular
  • 3 American Football charge (the opposing team’s quarterback) in a blitz.

Phrases

Blitz spirit

(also the spirit of the Blitz)
British stoicism and determination in a difficult or dangerous situation, especially as displayed by a group of people:he urged the British public to show their Blitz spirit in the face of the recession

Origin:

1930s: abbreviation of blitzkrieg

blitz in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of blitz in the US English dictionary