blitz Definition

blitz
noun blitzes

1. A sudden strong attack, or period of such attacks, especially from the air.
2. The German air raids on Britain in 1940.

Form: the Blitz
3. colloq
A period of hard work, etc to get something (especially a cleaning or tidying job) finished or done quickly and thoroughly.
Form: have a blitz on something (especially)
4. Amer football.
A charge against a quarterback by the defensive linebackers.

verb blitzed, blitzing

1. To attack, damage or destroy something as if by an air raid.
2. colloq
To work hard at something for a short period; to have a blitz on it.

Derivative: blitzed
adj

slang
Thoroughly drunk or very high on drugs.

Etymology: 1930s: from blitzkrieg.