Definition

1. Noun:

   • An effervescent or bubbling sound: A hissing or bubbling sound, often produced by gas escaping from a liquid.
   • An effervescent beverage: A drink, often alcoholic like champagne, that produces bubbles and a hissing sound.

2. Verb:

   • To produce bubbles and a hissing sound: To make a bubbling or effervescent sound, often as gas is released from a liquid.

Examples

• Noun:

  • The fizz of the soda was refreshing. (The bubbling sound of the soda was refreshing.)
  • They celebrated with a glass of fizz. (They celebrated with a glass of sparkling wine.)

• Verb:

  • The soda began to fizz when I opened the bottle. (The soda began to bubble and hiss when I opened the bottle.)
  • The antacid tablet will fizz in water. (The antacid tablet will bubble and dissolve in water.)

Advanced Usage

• "to lose its fizz": (for a drink) to become flat and stop bubbling.

  • The cola has lost its fizz because it was left open. (The cola is no longer bubbly because it was left uncapped.)

• "full of fizz": (literal) very bubbly; (figurative) full of energy and excitement.

  • The new energy drink is full of fizz. (The new energy drink is very carbonated.)
  • Her personality is full of fizz. (Her personality is very lively and energetic.)

Variants and Related Words

• Fizzy (adj): Describes a liquid that has many bubbles.

  • I prefer fizzy drinks to still ones. (I prefer carbonated drinks to non-carbonated ones.)

• Fizziness (n): The quality of being fizzy.

  • The fizziness of the lemonade was perfect. (The level of bubbles in the lemonade was perfect.)

Synonyms

• Effervesce (v): To bubble and give off gas.
• Sparkle (v/n): To shine with bright points of light; can also refer to bubbles in a drink.
• Hiss (v/n): To make a sharp, sustained "s" sound, similar to the sound of escaping gas.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Fizz" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its usage is typically as a standalone verb or noun.)

Related Idioms

• "Fizz out": To end or fail in a weak or disappointing way, losing energy.
  • The party started well but fizzled out by midnight. (The party started well but ended quietly and disappointingly by midnight.)
  • (Note: This idiom uses the related verb "fizzle," not "fizz" directly.)

Noun

1. an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)

Verb

1. become bubbly or frothy or foaming
   • The boiling soup was frothing
   • The river was foaming
   • Sparkling water