blitz
informal
1. verb To chop, dice, or blend (food) in a blender or food processor, especially very quickly or briefly. You'll want to blitz the mixture for about 30 seconds until it has a smooth consistency. No, no, those chunks of onion are too big. Blitz it again. The cookies will break down further as they are mixed throughout the ice cream. The chocolate won't be, though, so you need to blitz it first.
2. noun An instance of chopping, dicing, or blending food in such a manner. Make sure you give the toasted walnuts a quick blitz before you add them to the recipe. No, no, those chunks of onion are too big. They need another blitz. Hey, give these veggies a blitz, and I'll toss them in the sauce.
blitz (one) out
To surprise, unsettle, and confuse someone. The sudden, blaring alarm blitzed us out—nobody moved until our teacher yelled for us to evacuate the building. I had to sit down because hearing such terrible news really blitzed me out. The company's downward revision of their expected sales seems to have blitzed investors out, as stock prices dropped by nearly 4 points this morning.
blitzed (out)
slang Intoxicated by drugs or alcohol. Do you remember last night at the pub at all? You were blitzed! The celebrity entered rehab after admitting to being blitzed out nearly every day. Well, I must have been blitzed if I got up in front of everyone and did karaoke in at the bar!
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