a storm, technically an extratropical cyclone, with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold.
a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
an inordinately large amount all at one time: a blizzard of Christmas cards.
verb (used without object)
to snow as a blizzard: Looks as though it's going to blizzard tonight.
Origin of blizzard
An Americanism first recorded in 1820–30 for earlier meaning “violent blow, shot”; compare British dialectal (Midlands) blizzer, blizzom “blaze, flash, anything that blinds momentarily”; probably expressive formations with components of blast, blaze1, bluster, etc.
A beautiful bluebird day can quickly turn into a thunderstorm with catastrophic lightning, while blizzards and dust storms can sneak up on you like ninjas.
How to Survive 5 Extreme Weather Scenarios|Graham Averill|October 15, 2020|Outside Online
He also expanded on the need to get the average American out from under the blizzard of paperwork that the tax season brings.
Huckabee: ‘A Tax Is Punishment’|Lloyd Green|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of us have tired of the blizzard of histories marking the sesquicentennial of the first years of the American Civil War.
Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed|Marc Wortman|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Driving from the Denver airport to Wyoming, I encountered an almost-otherworldly whiteout of a blizzard.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own|Robert Silverman|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For years your bright light was darkened by a blizzard of lies, cheating and innuendo.
I Pushed the Lance Armstrong Lie: An Open Letter to Greg LeMond|Mark McKinnon|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Headwinds forced a landing at Gander, in Newfoundland, in the middle of a blizzard.
The New Fear of Flying After MH370|Clive Irving|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Later in the morning we heard from Jumbo, who had returned from Noreuil, the full history of the weary trek in the blizzard.
A Company of Tanks|W. H. L. Watson
Towards the end of January, however, a long drift of eighty-four miles in a blizzard cheered us all up.
South!|Sir Ernest Shackleton
While the blizzard lasted I had a hard time to find enough to do to keep my mind off of my troubles.
Track's End|Hayden Carruth
She carried on about the blizzard and his being frozen to death, until I began to think she was telling the truth.
The Breaking Point|Mary Roberts Rinehart
He could crawl into some hollow tree with it, if the blizzard got too bad.
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park|Walter Prichard Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for blizzard
blizzard
/ (ˈblɪzəd) /
noun
a strong bitterly cold wind accompanied by a widespread heavy snowfall