fizzed; fizzing; fizzes
1
: to make a hissing or sputtering sound : effervesce
2
: to show excitement or exhilaration
Synonyms
Examples of fizz in a Sentence
Verb
soda pop fizzing in the glass
Noun
the characteristic fizz of champagne
All the fizz was gone from their relationship.
Recent Examples on the Web
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 July 2024
Her Mimi fizzed with the vitality of a crowded Times Square on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 July 2024
Olivia Petter, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
There’s no hurrying perfection: what finally arrived, on a subsequent visit, was a dream in a glass, with the zip of citrus and the velvet of cream, and the fizz in the Fizz kept fizzy by a little sidecar of club soda intended to be poured in bit by bit.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
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Verb
The dark oxygen is produced because the metallic nodules act like batteries when they are disturbed, similar to the way a conventional battery fizzes when placed into seawater.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 July 2024
Her Mimi fizzed with the vitality of a crowded Times Square on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 July 2024
Noun
Every heart and comment comes with the fizz of excitement and possibility: people like you.
—Olivia Petter, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
There’s no hurrying perfection: what finally arrived, on a subsequent visit, was a dream in a glass, with the zip of citrus and the velvet of cream, and the fizz in the Fizz kept fizzy by a little sidecar of club soda intended to be poured in bit by bit.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Fizz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fizz. Accessed 7 Sep. 2024.
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