noun

• (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
• (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
  "We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town."
• (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
• (uncountable, chess) Ellipsis of blitz chess.
  "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."

verb

• (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
  "So the question remains — what to do with ignorance, which I must presume is deliberate, as in this media-blitzed era it is not possible to be truly ignorant after age 12."
• (intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.
  "The Washington High defense almost always blitzes on third down."
• (transitive, cooking) To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
  "To make nut roast, you have to blitz the nuts in the food processor before adding the parsley and breadcrumbs."
• (transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.

name

• (historical) The series of air raids launched on various cities in the United Kingdom by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II.