blitz

noun

ˈblits 

plural blitzes

1

a

: blitzkrieg sense 1

b(1)

: an intensive aerial military campaign

(2)

: air raid

2

a

: a fast intensive nonmilitary campaign or attack

an advertising blitz

b

: a rush of the passer by a defensive linebacker, back, or end in football

3

: an occurrence in which large numbers of fish gather to chase and feed on prey or bait

At Race Point there was an amazing blitz as stripers and blues pushed Atlantic needlefish ashore.

—Gene Bourque

blitz verb

Synonyms of blitz

• barrage
• flurry
• bombardment

Examples of blitz in a Sentence

The company is planning an advertising blitz for the new product.

a multimedia blitz of advertisements for the summer blockbuster

Recent Examples on the Web

The holiday gift blitz has subsided, those New Year’s Eve bar tabs have been paid and the grim reality check has arrived while the dead of winter truly sets in. —Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026

Peering beyond the score, even before Montreal throttled Vancouver with a dominant blitz of rush attacking ingenuity in the third period, the raw ability of its skaters and their through-the-roof potential as a group was unmistakable. —Thomas Drance, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026

So how about the blitz pressure? —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026

Across state lines West Chicago teenage brothers Ben and Sam Luhmann spent much of the fall and winter on the front lines of the blitz, chasing federal immigration officers. —Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1939, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing blitz

• have a blitz on
• media blitz

Rhymes for blitz

• bits
• brits
• fits
• flits
• frits
• fritz
• grits
• hits
• its
• kits
• knits
• lits

Kids Definition

blitz

noun

ˈblits 

1

a

: an all-out series of air raids

b

: air raid

2

: a fast thorough campaign

an advertising blitz for a new product

blitz verb