fizz — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   I poured a cola and waited for the fizz to settle down before topping off the glass.

2. The sound of such an emission.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Evan sat back in the hot tub and listened to the relaxing fizz and pops produced by the eruption of bubbles.

3. A carbonated beverage, especially champagne.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Nathan ordered an orange fizz from the soda jerk at the counter.

   When he had returned with what remained unslopped of two glasses of fizz, she was still there, waiting for him.

Verb

1. To emit bubbles.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

2. To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   the fizzing fuse of a bomb

3. To shoot or project something at great velocity.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   Each lad tried to send his [burning] disc fizzing and flaring through the darkness as far as possible.

   More examples (1)

   And just before the interval, Kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a City shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the Wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner.

Noun

1. an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)

   Broader terms

   beveragedrinkdrinkablepotable

Verb

1. become bubbly or frothy or foaming

   Synonyms

   foamfrotheffervescesparkleform bubbles

   Broader terms

   bubble

   Examples

   The boiling soup was frothing

   The river was foaming

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   sparkling water