fizz

Universal Words verb, noun verb [V] when a liquid fizzes, it produces a lot of bubbles and makes a long sound like an 's': Champagne was fizzing in the glass. * (figurative) He started to fizz with enthusiasm. * (figurative) Shares prices are fizzing. noun 1 [U,sing.] the small bubbles of gas in a liquid: (figurative) There is plenty of fizz and sparkle in the show. * (figurative) The fizz has gone out of the market. 2 [U,sing.] the sound that is made by bubbles of gas in a liquid, or a sound similar to this: the fizz of a firework 3 [U] (BrE, informal) a drink that has a lot of bubbles of gas, especially CHAMPAGNE