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Definition: Blitz |
BlitzNoun1. (football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line. 2. A rapid and violent military attack with intensive aerial bombardment. Verb1. Attack suddenly and without warning; "Hitler blitzed Poland". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Blitz is the German word for lightning. Often used figuratively as in blitzschnell (as fast as lightning).
In American football, a blitz is a defensive maneuver in which one or more defensive backs, who normally remain behind the line of scrimmage during a play, are instead sent across the line to the opponent's side in order to try to tackle the quarterback.
- For information on the German World War II battle strategy, see Blitzkrieg.
- For information on the (Luftwaffe's) bombing campaign against London during World War II, see The Blitz and Battle of Britain.
- For information on the Luftwaffe reprisal bombing of strategically unimportant but picturesque British cities, see Baedeker Blitz
A Chess Blitz is a fast Chess-game with only 5 minutes for each player.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Blitz."
Synonyms: BlitzSynonyms: linebacker blitzing (n), safety blitz (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instantaneity | Speedy, quick, fast, fleet, swift,lively, blitz; rapid (velocity). |
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Crosswords: Blitz |
| Non-English Usage: "Blitz" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (blitz), German (bolt, flash, lightning, thunderbolt), Norwegian (flasher). |
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Screenplays | Sometimes I think the Blitz left us with more derelict minds than derelict buildings (Midnight Lace; writing credit: Janet Green; Ivan Goff) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wie ein Blitz (1970) St. Moritz Blitz (1961) Blitz on Britain (1960) Bevor der Blitz einschlägt (1959) Der Schwarze Blitz (1958) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Blitz buggies. The body is securely fastened to the chassis, and the headlights adjusted. Ford River Rouge plant. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Human Rights | Brazil | During a police blitz (roadblock to enforce motor vehicle laws), he abandoned his minivan and fled to his grandfather's house nearby. (references) |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | This reluctance to use those vast resources at our command reminds me of the elderly lady whose home was bombed in the blitz. |
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| "Blitz" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.73% of the time. "Blitz" is used about 281 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.73% | 269 | 17,948 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.56% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.71% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 281 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "blitz" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Blitz | Last name | 200 | 32,375 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "blitz": ad blitz ♦ blitz war ♦ safety blitz. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "blitz": blitz-torn. | |
Ending with "blitz": pre-blitz. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
blitz | 746 | london blitz | 25 |
blitz body kit | 329 | blitz kit | 23 |
99.7 blitz | 138 | basic blitz | 23 |
nfl blitz | 128 | nfl blitz cheat | 23 |
21 blitz | 78 | 3d blitz | 22 |
blitz pic | 72 | blitz turbo | 21 |
ballroom blitz | 71 | blitz burger | 21 |
bingo blitz | 70 | blitz scrabble | 20 |
uproar bingo blitz | 66 | cavalier blitz body kit | 20 |
backyard blitz | 54 | dutch blitz | 20 |
2003 blitz nfl | 52 | blitz illu | 20 |
axis allies iron blitz | 43 | battle blitz teen titans | 20 |
ballroom blitz lyrics | 39 | blitz exhaust | 19 |
blitz wheels | 35 | blitz skyline | 19 |
blitz body kit eclipse | 35 | blitz racing | 18 |
blitz performance | 34 | blitz blow off valve | 18 |
bakersfield blitz | 32 | 2003 blitz code nfl | 17 |
blitz usa | 31 | nfl blitz code | 17 |
blitz turbo timer | 30 | blitz opel | 17 |
2003 blitz cheat nfl | 28 | blitz najica tactic | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "blitz"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sulmoj rrufeshëm. (various references) | |
Arabic | هجوم سريع, حرب خاطفة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | светкавична война, бомбандирам със самолети. (various references) | |
Chinese | 闪电战. (various references) | |
Czech | prudký útok. (various references) | |
Farsi | حمله رعداساکردن , حمله رعداسا. (various references) | |
French | bombarder, blitz, attaque éclaire. (various references) | |
German | Blitzkrieg (blitzkrieg). (various references) | |
Greek | κεραυνοβόλοσ πόλεμοσ, αιφνιδιαστική επίθεση (sudden attack, surprise attack). (various references) | |
Hebrew | התקפת בזק, הבזקה (strafing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | villámháború (blitzkrieg). (various references) | |
Indonesian | serangan kilat. (various references) | |
Italian | attacco improvviso. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 早指しチェス (blitz chess). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | はやざしチェス (blitz chess). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itzblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | submeter (crush, give in, keep down, lay under, overmaster, subjugate, submit, subordinate), ataque repentino. (various references) | |
Romanian | bombardament aerian, bombarda (beset, besiege, bomb, bombard, cannonade, flood, shell, strafe), rãzboi-fulger. (various references) | |
Russian | разгромить (rout, smash). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | iznenadno i jako bombardovati, iznenadan napad (seizure). (various references) | |
Spanish | bombardeo aéreo, bombardear (barrage, bomb, bombard, plaster, prang, raid, shell, strafe), ataque por sorpresa. (various references) | |
Swedish | luftangrepp, överraskande (surprising, unawares). (various references) | |
Turkish | hava saldırısıyla yıkmak, hava saldırısı (aerial attack, air raid, strike), hava baskını. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сильне бомбардування, бомбардувати (bomb, bombard). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blitz": blitzed, blitzes, blitzing, blitzkrieg, blitzkriegs. (additional references) | |
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"Blitz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: belit, biliti, bilt, Bitz, blait, blatz, blets, blit, blith, Blitt, blitze, blitzs, blitzt, Bliz, blizt, Bluto, britz, litz, Litzi, Oblatz. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "blitz" (pronounced bli"ts) |
| 4 | -l i" t s | glitz, lits, slits, splits. |
| 3 | -i" t s | acquits, admits, befits, bits, brits, britts, chits, commits, emits, fits, Frits, fritts, Fritz, grits, hits, its, kits, knits, mitts, omits, permits, pits, quits, Ritz, sits, skits, spits, Spitz, submits, transmits, wits, writs. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-l-t-z" | |
-2 letters: bit, biz, lib, lit, til, zit. | |
-3 letters: bi, it, li, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-l-t-z" | |
+1 letter: blintz. | |
+2 letters: blintze, blitzed, blitzes. | |
+3 letters: blintzes, blitzing. | |
+4 letters: blowziest, brutalize, stabilize, subtilize. | |
+5 letters: absolutize, bestialize, blitzkrieg, brutalized, brutalizes, catabolize, lobotomize, metabolize, outblazing, stabilized, stabilizer, stabilizes, subtilized, subtilizes, utilizable. | |
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