blitz
/blɪts/
blitz noun: a sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz. Also the ellipsis of blitz chess.
Noun
blitz (countable and uncountable, plural blitzes)
- A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
- A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
- We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town.
- Ultimately, though, Liverpool had inflicted a grievous result in the first leg when they scored three times in a 19-minute blitz and, importantly, did not concede an away goal.2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian
- A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
- The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
- An occurrence in which large numbers of fish, typically striped bass or bluefish, feed on a school of baitfish, typically one in which the occurrence can be seen from the surface.
Verb
blitz (third-person singular simple present blitzes, present participle blitzing, simple past and past participle blitzed)
- To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
- So the question remains — what to do with ignorance, which I must presume is deliberate, as in this media-blitzed era it is not possible to be truly ignorant after age 12.1990 February 4, Chrystos, “Headaches And Ruminations”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 9
- Synonyms:
- charge
- To perform a blitz.
- The Washington High defense almost always blitzes on third down.
- To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
- To make nut roast, you have to blitz the nuts in the food processor before adding the parsley and breadcrumbs.
- Synonyms:
- zhoosh
- To do something quickly or in one session.
Proper noun capitalized: Blitz
the Blitz
- The series of air raids launched on various cities in the United Kingdom by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II.
- Synonyms:
- Baedeker raids
Also used as
blitz is also the ellipsis of blitz chess.
blitz meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
blitz in Hindi
- ब्लिट्ज़, ब्लिट्ज, ब्लिटज़
blitz in Marathi
- ब्लिट्झ
blitz in Urdu
- بلٹز
blitz in Bengali
- ব্লিটজ, ব্লিটস
More languagesFewer languages
- blitz in Telugu
- బ్లిట్జ్
- blitz in Malayalam
- ബ്ലിറ്റ്സ്
- blitz in Kannada
- ಬ್ಲಿಟ್ಜ್, ಬ್ಲೀಟ್ಜ್
- blitz in Punjabi
- ਬਲਿਤਜ਼, ਬਲਟਜ਼
- blitz in Gujarati
- બ્લિટ્ઝ, બ્લિટઝ
- blitz in Odia
- ବ୍ଲିଟ୍ଜ୍, ବ୍ଲିଟଜ୍
- blitz in Nepali
- ब्लिट्ज, ब्लिटज, ब्लिट्ज गर्न
Examples of blitz in a sentence
- He [Yoshihide Suga] seems to be counting on a media blitz with feel-good effects around the Games to improve his sagging popularity.2021 March 25, Koichi Nakano, “The Olympics Are On! But Why?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- As well as its revamped search bar, Google unveiled a blitz of other innovations that point to the longer-term evolution of the product.2025 May 24, Stephen Morris, Melissa Heikkilä, Cristina Criddle, “Defending the high ground”, in FT Weekend (Big Read section), London: The...
Synonyms of blitz
18 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of blitz
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blitzes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | blitzes |
| present participle | blitzing |
| past participle | blitzed |
| past | blitzed |
Origin of blitz
Pseudo-Germanism, derived from a clipping of blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”). The German word Blitz (“lightning”) lacks the "sudden attack" senses that the English word has.
Specific use of blitz. The Blitz was in truth not a blitzkrieg, which is a rapid ground offensive based on superior tank forces. However, the word was current at the time for the successful German campaigns in Poland and France, and was transferred to the attacks on Britain, perhaps by association of Blitz (“lightning”) with the bombings.
Words formed from blitz
Phrases with blitz
Words that rhyme with blitz
Questions about blitz
- What does blitz mean?
- Blitz means a sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
- What is blitz in Hindi?
- Blitz in Hindi is ब्लिट्ज़, ब्लिट्ज, ब्लिटज़. See Blitz meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use blitz in a sentence?
- He [Yoshihide Suga] seems to be counting on a media blitz with feel-good effects around the Games to improve his sagging popularity.
- What part of speech is blitz?
- Blitz can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce blitz?
- Blitz is pronounced /blɪts/.
- What is the plural of blitz?
- The plural of blitz is blitzes.
Words near blitz in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blitz (page history and authors); Blitz (page history and authors); blitz (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blitz (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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