fizz
(noun) an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
(verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming; āThe boiling soup was frothingā; āThe river was foamingā; āsparkling waterā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Onomatopoeia.
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.
• (emission of bubbles): effervescence, foam, froth, head
• (sound of bubbles): bubble, fizzle, hiss, sputter
• (carbonated beverage): pop, seltzer, soda, tonic
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.
• (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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetiĆØre consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
