Usually means: Rapid, intense military attack strategy.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. blitz: Merriam-Webster
  2. blitz, the Blitz: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. blitz: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. blitz, the Blitz: Collins English Dictionary
  5. blitz: Vocabulary.com
  6. Blitz, blitz: Wordnik
  7. blitz, the Blitz, the blitz: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Blitz, blitz: Wiktionary
  9. blitz: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. blitz: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. blitz: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. blitz: Dictionary.com
  13. blitz: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. blitz: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Blitz (American football), Blitz (Brazilian band), Blitz (British band), Blitz (album), Blitz (band), Blitz (character), Blitz (comics), Blitz (computer game), Blitz (disambiguation), Blitz (film), Blitz (gridiron football), Blitz (magazine), Blitz (mascot), Blitz (movement), Blitz (newspaper), Blitz (software), Blitz (video game), Blitz, Blitz, The Blitz (Krokus album), The Blitz (TV program), The Blitz, The blitz: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. blitz: Rhymezone
  17. Blitz (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. blitz: FreeDictionary.org
  19. blitz: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. The Blitz, blitz: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. blitz: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Blitz (disambiguation), The Blitz, blitz: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Blitz (disambiguation), The Blitz, blitz: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BLITZ: Acronym Finder
  2. blitz: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. blitz, blitz, blitz: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Blitz: Urban Dictionary

Sports (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Blitz: Backgammon
  2. Blitz: Chess Dictionary
  3. Extreme Martial Arts Glosary (No longer online)
  4. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  6. Blitz: Sports Definitions

(Note: See blitzed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
noun:  (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
noun:  (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
noun:  (cooking) The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
noun:  (fishing) 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:  (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
verb:  (intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.
verb:  (transitive, cooking) To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.
noun:  (historical) The series of air raids launched on various cities in Great Britain by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II.
noun:  (uncountable, chess) Short for blitz chess. [(chess) Chess played at a quick time control, with each side getting about five minutes to make their moves. Blitz chess is played at a variety of time controls, primarily 3+0 (three minutes per side), 3+2 (three minutes per side plus two extra seconds per move), 5+0, and 5+3.]

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