[blɪts], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an intensive or sudden military attack
(e.g: a heavy artillery blitz)

- a sudden concerted effort to deal with something
(e.g: Katrina and I had a blitz on the cleaning)



Phrases:
- Blitz spirit

Origin:
1930s: abbreviation of blitzkrieg

[blɪts], (Verb)

Definitions:
- attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz
(e.g: news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed)

- process (food) in an electric mixing machine
(e.g: add the eggs and blitz the mixture until it becomes granular)

- charge (the opposing team's quarterback) in a blitz


Phrases:
- Blitz spirit

Origin:
1930s: abbreviation of blitzkrieg