fizzed; fizzing; fizzes
1
: to make a hissing or sputtering sound : effervesce
2
: to show excitement or exhilaration
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.
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Thom Harris, New York Times, 28 May 2025
The air fizzed with frisson as the ball went back and forth.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
It is still made today, along with a dizzying assortment of other varieties, including elegant whites with the biscuity fizz of champagne.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2025
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Verb
For a team usually fizzing with creative attacking ideas, their reliance on a single goalscorer, along with a late addition to the team and an unusually clinical finisher from the edge of the box, is not the spread of goal-scoring responsibility we are used to seeing.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 28 May 2025
The air fizzed with frisson as the ball went back and forth.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Noun
Nissan’s given the Qashqai more fizz by wrapping the dashboard in Alcantara.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
It is still made today, along with a dizzying assortment of other varieties, including elegant whites with the biscuity fizz of champagne.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2025
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“Fizz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fizz. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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