BLITZES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Blitz

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

1930s: abbreviation of blitzkrieg

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: blɪts
Dialects: British English
Definition:

an intensive or sudden military attack

Short Definition:

intensive military attack

Examples:
  • a heavy artillery blitz
Definition:

a sudden concerted effort to deal with something

Short Definition:

sudden concerted effort

Examples:
  • Katrina and I had a blitz on the cleaning
  • the film studio mounted a huge marketing blitz
Short Definition:

lightning chess

Word: Blitz

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: blɪts
Dialects: British English
Definition:

attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz

Short Definition:

attack in blitz

Examples:
  • news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed
  • she blitzed her own world record in the 400m freestyle
Definition:

process (food) in an electric mixing machine

Short Definition:

process food in electric mixing machine

Examples:
  • add the eggs and blitz the mixture until it becomes granular
Definition:

charge (the opposing team's quarterback) in a blitz.

Short Definition:

charge opposing team's quarterback in blitz

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