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FIZZ
fizz
(noun) an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
(verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming; “The boiling soup was frothing”; “The river was foaming”; “sparkling water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Onomatopoeia.
Noun
fizz (countable and uncountable, plural fizzes)
An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.
The sound of such an emission.
A carbonated beverage, especially champagne.
Synonyms
• (emission of bubbles): effervescence, foam, froth, head
• (sound of bubbles): bubble, fizzle, hiss, sputter
• (carbonated beverage): pop, seltzer, soda, tonic
Verb
fizz (third-person singular simple present fizzes, present participle fizzing, simple past and past participle fizzed)
(intransitive) To emit bubbles.
(intransitive) To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.
(intransitive) To shoot or project something moving at great velocity.
To travel at a great velocity, producing a sound caused by the speed.
Synonyms
• (emit bubbles): bubble, effervesce, foam, froth
• (make bubbling sound): fizzle, hiss, sizzle, sputter
Source: Wiktionary
Fizz, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzing.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. fisa to break wind, Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten. Cf. Foist.]
Definition: To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.
Fizz, n.
Definition: A hising sound; as, the fizz of a fly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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