blizzard
IPA: bɫˈɪzɝd
noun
- A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.
- (figuratively) A large amount of paperwork.
- (figuratively) A large number of similar things.
- A surname.
verb
- (impersonal, of snow) To fall in windy conditions.
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Examples of "blizzard" in Sentences
- You get that for three hours and that's what we call a blizzard, my friend.
- I agree with leloup and Hwang, blizzard is famous for having ‘quality’ before ‘quantity’ as a company standard.
- A blizzard is roaring outside as I write this .... but that means only one thing - everything is CLOSED! and I mean everything!
- You know, those things I drag myself over red hot oozing lava and pointy steel blades uphill both ways in blizzard and howling tropical storm to create.
- When the novel opens, a 100-year blizzard is closing in on the farm, and Rose is the only thing standing between the cows, the sheep, the chickens and an icy death.
- As we guard against the incursion of nonsense buzzwords, though, it's useful to note that the term blizzard also emerged as a breathless media response to a snowstorm sound familiar?
- Around the golf course, a rounded number eight is referred to as a snowman, and in blizzard-like conditions better suited for the Iditarod sled-dog race, the Browns (9-5) didn't mind shooting that score.
- A spring blizzard is covering northcentral Montana, schools are closed which never happens – we pride ourselves on our ‘toughness’ – and I have a perfect day to stay home and daydream for a few extra minutes.
- Don't know about bovines in blizzard games, but gender neutral characters tend to be male-centric, and even though I myself use video games as a medium for escapism sometimes, I certainly do not want to be alienated from the experience ALL of the time, and not for reasons that are sexist.
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