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fizz
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fizz has 1 sense
- fizz(n = noun.food) Array - an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic); Array is a kind of beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
Derived forms verb fizz1, adjective fizzy1
Verb fizz has 1 sense
- fizz(v = verb.change) effervesce, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle - become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" is one way to bubble
Derived form noun fizz1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
fizz, v. i. [Cf. Icel. fīsa to break wind, Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten. Cf. Foist.].
To make a hissing sound, such as that of a burning fuse or a bubbling carbonated beverage. [1913 Webster]
fizz, n.
A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fizz, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 make a hissing or spluttering sound.
2 (of a drink) make bubbles; effervesce.
--n.
1 effervescence.
2 colloq. an effervescent drink, esp. champagne.
--v.intr.
1 make a hissing or spluttering sound.
2 (of a drink) make bubbles; effervesce.
--n.
1 effervescence.
2 colloq. an effervescent drink, esp. champagne.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
fizz
assibilate, assibilation, blubber, boil, boil over, boiling, bubble, bubble over, bubble up, bubbliness, bubbling, burble, buzz, carbonation, champagne, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, effervesce, effervescence, effervescency, effervescing, ferment, fermentation, fizzle, fizzling, foaming, frication, frictional rustling, froth, frothiness, frothing, guggle, gurgle, hiss, hissing, hush, hushing, lisp, plain, plop, rhonchus, seethe, seltzer, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, simmer, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, soda, soda water, soft drink, sparkle, spit, splutter, spumescence, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, swish, tonic, wheeze, whish, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, work, zipROGET THESAURUS
fizz
Sibilation
VB hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle, fizz, fizzle, wheeze, whistle, snuffle, squash, sneeze, sizzle, swish.
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