blitz

1. 1.

   attack suddenly and without warning

   “Hitler blitzed Poland”

   Broaderattack

Other forms of blitz

plural

blitzes·

past tense

blitzed·

present participle

blitzing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blitz

What does blitz mean?

blitz means "(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blitz?

blitz has 1 syllable: blitz. In IPA it is /ˈblɪts/.

What is another word for blitz?

Close synonyms include safety blitz, linebacker blitzing, blitzkrieg. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blitz a common word?

blitz is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.