Definition of "blitz"

blitz

/blɪts/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural blitzes
1. (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
2. (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
  Quotations
  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
  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
  Liberal activists promised a well-funded summertime blitz, replete with home-state rallies and million-dollar ad campaigns, to try to ramp up pressure on a handful of Senate Democrats opposed to changing the rules.
  2021 June 22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times‎
3. (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
4. (uncountable, chess) Short for blitz chess.
  Quotations
  What I had played was chess. Specially, I knocked out some 2,000 games of speed (or "blitz") chess in the two months leading up to the tournament. In fact, I played so much that I'm currently in the top half-percent of more than 1.3 million of blitz players at an online chess competition site.
  2013 June 24, Mark Samuelian, “Speed Chess Changed My Brain”, in The Atlantic‎
  In order to avoid misunderstanding, I must note that I object to the attempts to displace normal chess with fast play, not rapid or blitz in general. I love them both, and, if I were to choose which to play, classic or rapid, I would choose rapid.
  2015, Mark Dvoretsky, For Friends and Colleagues, volume 2 (Reflections on My Profession)
5. (cooking) The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
6. (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
third-person singular simple present blitzes, present participle blitzing, simple past and past participle blitzed
1. (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
2. (intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.
3. (transitive, cooking) To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
4. (transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.