blitz

1. (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.countable

2. (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.Examples: "We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town."; "Ultimately, though, Liverpool had inflicted a grievous result in the first leg when they scored three times in a 19-minute blitz and, importantly, did not concede an away goal."; "He [Yoshihide Suga] seems to be counting on a media blitz with feel-good effects around the Games to improve his sagging popularity."countable

3. (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.countable

4. (uncountable, chess) Ellipsis of blitz chess.Examples: "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."; "In order to avoid misunderstanding, I must note that I object to the attempts to displace normal chess with fast play, not rapid or blitz in general. I love them both, and, if I were to choose which to play, classic or rapid, I would choose rapid."abbreviationalt-ofellipsisuncountable

5. (cooking) The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.countableuncountable

6. (fishing) An occurrence in which large numbers of fish, typically striped bass or bluefish, feed on a school of baitfish, typically one in which the occurrence can be seen from the surface.countableuncountable