FIZZ

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 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. become bubbly or frothy or foaming

  Familiarity information: FIZZ used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIZZ (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

fizz (become bubbly or frothy or foaming)

fizzy (hissing and bubbling)

• FIZZ (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fizz    ... he / she / it fizzes   
Past simple: fizzed   
Past participle: fizzed   
-ing form: fizzing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become bubbly or frothy or foaming

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

effervesce; fizz; foam; form bubbles; froth; sparkle

Context example:

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:

Something ----s

Derivation:

fizz (an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic))