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buck's fizz

buck's fizz

1 7.5
A drink you make by mixing champagne and orange juice often served at celebrations
  • noun
  • /bʌks fɪz/
  • UK
translation icon : mimosa
  • At New Year's brunch, he prepared a large pitcher of buck's fizz for the guests.

Examples

  • For a light breakfast cocktail, I like to make buck's fizz with freshly squeezed orange juice.

  • Would you like a buck's fizz?

  • They served buck's fizz at the wedding brunch to toast the newlyweds.

  • We celebrated with a buck's fizz at the wedding.

  • We celebrated the New Year with a buck's fizz at the party, combining champagne and orange juice.

  • For brunch, I ordered a buck's fizz, which was refreshing and perfect with my meal.

  • At the wedding reception, guests toasted with a buck's fizz as a symbol of joy and celebration.

Synonyms

mimosa
vsbuck's fizz
15 5.0

A drink of champagne mixed with orange juice often served at brunch

is chosen mainly for celebrations and formal toasts

Surface Forms

buck's fizz singular
buck's fizzes plural

Morphology

buck's + fizz

The element 'fizz' clearly signals a fizzy/alcoholic mixed drink, so a learner who knows 'fizz' can infer it's a carbonated cocktail. However, 'buck's' is a possessive name that does not transparently indicate the specific ingredients (champagne + orange juice), so the full exact meaning is not predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Buck's fizz may come from a London club called Buck's, where a bartender first mixed champagne and orange juice to make a bubbly drink. The drink's bubbles gave it the 'fizz' name, and that's why it became a light, celebratory cocktail.