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fizz
(fĭz)intr.v. fizzed, fizz·ing, fizz·es
To make a hissing or bubbling sound; effervesce.
n.
1. A hissing or bubbling sound.
2. Effervescence.
3. An effervescent beverage.
[Imitative.]
fizz′y adj.
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fizz
(fɪz)vb (intr)
1. to make a hissing or bubbling sound
2. (Brewing) (of a drink) to produce bubbles of carbon dioxide, either through fermentation or aeration
n
3. a hissing or bubbling sound
4. (Brewing) the bubbly quality of a drink; effervescence
5. (Cookery) any effervescent drink
[C17: of imitative origin]
ˈfizzy adj
ˈfizziness n
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fizz
(fɪz)v.i.
1. to make a hissing sound; effervesce.
n. 2. a fizzing sound.
3. an effervescent beverage.
[1655–65; back formation from fizzle]
fizz′y, adj. -i•er, -i•est.
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fizz
Past participle: fizzed
Gerund: fizzing
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Noun | 1. | fizz - an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic) |
Verb | 1. | fizz - become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" lather - form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered" bubble - form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling" seethe - foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid" |
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fizz
verb
1. bubble, froth, fizzle, effervesce, produce bubbles She was holding a tray of glasses that fizzed.
noun
1. fizziness, gas, foam, froth, effervescence, bubbliness Is there any fizz left in the lemonade?
2. life, spirit, dash, sparkle, zip (informal), vitality, animation, panache, gaiety, élan, brio, vivacity, liveliness, vim (slang) an ad campaign to put the fizz back in sales
3. champagne, sparkling wine a bottle of fizz
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fizz
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Translations
فَوَرانيَفور
bublinkyšuměníšumět
boblebrusebrusenperle
freyîagos, freyîi, froîa
purslojantispurslojimaspursloti
dzirkstīšanadzirkstītputošanaputot
bublinky
fışırdamakfışırtı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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fizz
vi (champagne etc) → perlen, sprudeln, moussieren
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fizz
(fiz) verb (of a liquid) to release or give off many small bubbles. I like the way champagne fizzes.
noun the sound made or the feeling in the mouth produced by this. This lemonade has lost its fizz.
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