blizzard
A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by…A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.
» We've got a real blizzard here.
Meaning
3 sensesA large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.
Schneesturm, Blizzard
бура́нburán, пурга́purgá, вью́гаvʹjúga
заметі́льzametílʹ, бура́нburán, пурга́purhá
a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
(figuratively)A large amount of paperwork.
лави́наlavína
(figuratively)A large number of similar things; especially, such a group arriving as an inundation, thick and fast.
Near-synonyms: flood, inundation, torrent
a blizzard of political ads
Examples
53 sentencesWe've got a real blizzard here.
Last Christmas, we had a blizzard.
We'll never find Tom in this blizzard.
ruВ такую метель нам Тома не найти. — Ooneykcall
We're going to have a blizzard tomorrow.
We've got a real blizzard going on here?
Translations
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Origin
Unknown, with various theories as below. Compare English blizz (“violent rainstorm”), dialUnknown, with various theories as below. Compare English blizz (“violent rainstorm”), dialectal English bliz (“violent blow”); one etymology, from Midlands English dialect, seems to be ultimately from Old English blysa (“blaze”).
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