Blitz
nounA sudden, concentrated burst of effort or activity aimed at getting something done fast.
How to spell blitz
5 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce blitz
What does blitz mean?
- nounA sudden, concentrated burst of effort or activity aimed at getting something done fast.
- verbTo attack, defeat, or process something rapidly and forcefully.
Blitz in a sentence
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noun
The team launched a marketing blitz before the product launch.
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verb
She likes to blitz through her emails first thing in the morning.
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noun
We did a cleaning blitz on the house before the guests arrived.
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verb
The recipe says to blitz the soup until it is smooth.
Where does blitz come from?
Language of origin: Other
This word is a clipping of the German Blitzkrieg, literally 'lightning war', combining Blitz 'lightning' with Krieg 'war'. The term described the fast, overwhelming military tactics Germany used early in the Second World War, striking with sudden, concentrated force before a defender could react. English speakers quickly shortened it to 'blitz', and in Britain 'the Blitz' came to name the sustained German bombing of cities in 1940 and 1941. From that wartime sense the word spread into peacetime use for any sudden, intense burst of activity, whether an advertising campaign or a frantic spell of housework. American football borrowed it too, for a rush of defenders at the quarterback, and because the root simply means lightning the spelling keeps that crisp German ending in 'tz'.
How the word is built
- blitz (from German Blitz: lightning, shortened from Blitzkrieg: lightning war)
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