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

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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

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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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