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Definition of Blizzard
1. Noun. A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds.
2. Noun. A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences. "A blizzard of lawsuits"
Definition of Blizzard
1. n. A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast.
Definition of Blizzard
1. Noun. A severe snowstorm, especially with strong winds and greatly reduced visibility. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A large amount of paperwork. ¹
3. Noun. (figuratively) A large number of similar things, such as a ''blizzard of political ads''. ¹
4. Verb. (context: of snow) To fall in windy conditions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blizzard
1. a heavy snowstorm [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blizzard
Literary usage of Blizzard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies and Stories by Edward Sanford Harrison (1905)
"The dragon, impelled by his dominating propensity to destroy, haunts the earth,
and in the form of the blizzard, often swoops down upon the unwary sojourner ..."
2. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"He requested the advice of Sir Wm. blizzard and myself. We went to the country
to tee him, and at that time there was a large tumor, of a bright red colour, ..."
3. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"The subtitle to this paper, "In a blizzard or just being snowed?", is a rhetorical
question containing two words/terms that involve snow, a word that has ..."
4. Natural Law in Terrestrial Phenomena: A Study in the Causation of by William Digby (1902)
"THE GREAT blizzard IN EASTERN ENGLAND IN 1891. A great blizzard was experienced
on the East Coast of England on March 10, 1891, with much resulting ..."
5. Junior High School Literature by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1919)
"WINTER THE GREAT blizzard HAMLIN GARLAND A blizzard on the prairie corresponds
to a storm at sea; it never affects the traveler twice alike. ..."
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