US /fɪz/ UK /fɪz/
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a hissing or bubbling sound, or effervescence in a drink

    The champagne lost its fizz after sitting open all night.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a hissing or bubbling... effervescencebubblesparklehisssputter
Word family
Derived forms fizzyfizzinessfizzle

Etymology

Of imitative origin, formed in the seventeenth century to echo the hissing, sputtering sound of effervescence or escaping gas.

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