fizz

4 definitions found

fizz - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fizz \Fizz\, n.
     A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.
     [1913 Webster] fizzing

  fizz \fizz\ (f[i^]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. fizzed (f[i^]zd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. fizzing.] [Cf. Icel. f[imac]sa to break wind,
     Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten.
     Cf. Foist.]
     To make a hissing sound, such as that of a burning fuse or a
     bubbling carbonated beverage.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

fizz - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fizz
      n 1: an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
      v 1: become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was
           frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" [syn:
           foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
           ]

fizz - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "fizz":
     assibilate, assibilation, blubber, boil, boil over, boiling,
     bubble, bubble over, bubble up, bubbliness, bubbling, burble, buzz,
     carbonation, champagne, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition,
     effervesce, effervescence, effervescency, effervescing, ferment,
     fermentation, fizzle, fizzling, foaming, frication,
     frictional rustling, froth, frothiness, frothing, guggle, gurgle,
     hiss, hissing, hush, hushing, lisp, plain, plop, rhonchus, seethe,
     seltzer, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle,
     sigmatism, simmer, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneeze,
     sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, soda,
     soda water, soft drink, sparkle, spit, splutter, spumescence,
     sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, swish,
     tonic, wheeze, whish, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise,
     whiz, whoosh, work, zip