FIZZ
Dictionary entry overview: What does fizz mean?
• FIZZ (noun)
The noun FIZZ has 1 sense:
1. an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
Familiarity information: FIZZ used as a noun is very rare.
• FIZZ (verb)
The verb FIZZ has 1 sense:
1. form bubbles
Familiarity information: FIZZ used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FIZZ (noun)
Meaning:
An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("fizz" is a kind of...):
beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)
• FIZZ (verb)
Meaning:
Form bubbles
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
effervesce; fizz; foam; froth; sparkle
Context examples:
The boiling soup was frothing / The river was foaming / Sparkling water
Hypernyms (to "fizz" is one way to...):
bubble (form, produce, or emit bubbles)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fizz"):
lather (form a lather)
seethe (foam as if boiling)
Sentence frame:
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