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blitz

  [blits]
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–noun
1. Military.
a. an overwhelming all-out attack, esp. a swift ground attack using armored units and air support.
b. an intensive aerial bombing.
2. any swift, vigorous attack, barrage, or defeat: a blitz of commercials every few minutes.
3. Football. act or instance of charging directly for (the passer) as soon as the ball is snapped; red-dogging.
4. bingo.
–verb (used with object)
5. to attack or defeat with or as if with a blitz: The town was blitzed mercilessly by enemy planes. The visitors really blitzed the home team.
6. to destroy; demolish: His last-minute refusal blitzed all our plans.
–verb (used without object)
7. Football. to charge directly and immediately at the passer; red-dog.
8. to move in the manner of a blitz: a car that will blitz through rough terrain.
Origin:
1935–40; shortening of blitzkrieg

Related forms:
blitzer, noun
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blitz   (blĭts)   
n.  

    1. A blitzkrieg.

    2. A heavy aerial bombardment.

  2. An intense campaign: a media blitz focused on young voters.

  3. Football A sudden charge upon the quarterback by one or more of the linebackers or defensive backs when the ball is snapped. Also called red-dog.

v.   blitzed, blitz·ing, blitz·es

v.   tr.

  1. To subject to a blitz.

  2. Football To rush (the quarterback) in a blitz.

v.   intr. Football
To carry out a blitz.

[Short for blitzkrieg.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
blitz [blɪts]

  1. n.
    a devastating attack. : After that blitz from the boss, you must feel sort of shaken.
  2. tv.
    to attack and defeat someone or demolish something. : The team from downstate blitzed our local team for the third year in a row.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

blitz 
1940, shortening of Ger. Blitzkrieg (1939) "rapid attack," from Blitz "lightning" (from M.H.G. blicze, from bliczen "to flash") + Krieg "war" (see kriegspiel). The use in U.S. football is from 1963.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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