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.
Part of speech: 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
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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