fizzing — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The action of the verb to fizz.

2. The sound made by something that fizzes.

   Examples

   The fizzings of the radiators kept him awake.

Adjective

1. That fizzes or fizz.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   a fizzing mass of froth

   From the spot where the body lay came a fierce fizzing and cracking sound, which ceased, however, before the fumes had cleared away.

2. Very fast or active.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • Slang

   Examples

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   When Wilkinson found Ashton with another fizzing flat pass after 16 minutes, the Northampton man went flying through a hole in the Romanian defence and set up Cueto for a try in the corner.

Adjective

1. hissing and bubbling

   Synonyms

   fizzy