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fizz

fizz

5 3.2
A light mixed drink with alcohol and sparkling water
  • noun
  • /fɪz/
translation icon : cóctel espumoso
  • After a few sets of tennis and a cold Gin Fizz, the urge just seemed to pass.
  • a gin fizz
  • Ramos gin fizz
  • green fizz

Well, OK barman Malachi McGarry begins serving the famous drink, the Bucks Fizz.

Examples

Synonyms

spritzer
vsfizz
11 6.1

A cold drink of wine mixed with sparkling water

focuses on wine and sparkling water rather than spirit-based cocktails
buck's fizz
vsfizz
  • UK
1 7.5

A drink you make by mixing champagne and orange juice often served at celebrations

is a broader bubbly cocktail often using carbonated water rather than juice
Eurofizz cocktail
vsfizz
  • UK
8.8

A sparkling mixed drink popular in Europe made with alcohol and fizzy mixers

is the general bubbly drink usually made with carbonated water and spirits

Antonyms

797 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

2 3.2

Not fizzy and without bubbles

Compounds

1 7.5

A drink you make by mixing champagne and orange juice often served at celebrations

How Fizzy

champagne
713 3.7
fizz
5 3.2
still water
1 1.2

Surface Forms

fizz singular
fizzes plural

Etymology

Fizz for a bubbly drink comes from the little 'fizz' sound that bubbles make, and cocktails called a fizz are simply drinks that are pleasantly fizzy and full of bubbles.