blitz
[ blits ]
/ blɪts /
noun
verb (used with object)
to attack or defeat with or as if with a blitz: The town was blitzed mercilessly by enemy planes. The visitors really blitzed the home team.
to destroy; demolish: His last-minute refusal blitzed all our plans.
verb (used without object)
Football.
to charge directly and immediately at the passer; red-dog.
to move in the manner of a blitz: a car that will blitz through rough terrain.
Origin of blitz
First recorded in 1935–40; shortening of
blitzkrieg
OTHER WORDS FROM blitz
blitz·er, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH blitz
blintze blitzWords nearby blitz
blithe,
blither,
blithering,
blithesome,
blitt,
blitz,
blitz can,
blitzed,
blitzkrieg,
blitzstein,
blivit
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British Dictionary definitions for blitz (1 of 2)
blitz
/ (blɪts) /
noun
a violent and sustained attack, esp with intensive aerial bombardment
any sudden intensive attack or concerted effort
an advertising blitz; a drink-driving blitz
American football
a defensive charge on the quarterback
verb
(tr)
to attack suddenly and intensively
Word Origin for blitz
C20: shortened from German
Blitzkrieg lightning war
British Dictionary definitions for blitz (2 of 2)
Blitz
/ (blɪts) /
noun
the Blitz
the systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe