fizz

/fɪz/

/fɪz/

Other forms: fizzing; fizzed; fizzes

To fizz is to froth or bubble over. If you shake up a soda, it will fizz out of the bottle when you open it.

When something fizzes, you hear a hissing sound as the tiny gas bubbles are released. Any carbonated beverage will fizz when it's opened or poured, the way seltzer fizzes in a glass, or beer fizzes and foams in a mug. The word fizz, which has been in use since the 1600s, is imitative — in other words, it sounds just like what it means.

Definitions of fizz

1. verb

   become bubbly or frothy or foaming
   synonyms: effervesce, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle

   types:

   lather

   form a lather

   seethe

   foam as if boiling

   type of:

   bubble

   form, produce, or emit bubbles
2. noun

   an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
   type of:

   beverage, drink, drinkable, potable

   any liquid suitable for drinking