to fizz

Examples

• All

• I dropped the bath bomb in and it fizzed up really quickly and it released this really fragrant, amazing rosy smell.

• Bubbles fizzed in cheap champagne glasses.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "After a while, their mother was back, holding a tray of glasses that fizzed."

  Fiction book (1990)

• It fizzed up really, really quickly.

• Water churned under my board and fizzed around my ankles.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Half the champagne fizzed over the linoleum before she grabbed it and set it on the counter.

  Fiction book (1999)

• When the cores were lifted back onto the ship, the sediments inside fizzed and bubbled for up to an hour.

  Blog text (22)

• When it reached the bottle of Big K soda, Jerome watched, fascinated, as the soda bubbled, then fizzed.

  Fiction book (1990)

• As soon as he opened the soda bottle, it fizzed loudly and bubbles spilled over the top.

• The vinegar fizzed when it reacted with the baking soda, creating a bubbly eruption.

Synonyms

F

to foam

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23 1.7

To become covered with small bubbles, like milk when heated

stresses the audible gas release and hissing aspect rather than a surface layer

B

to bubble

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22 2.0

To move and make soft gurgling sounds in water

focuses on gas production with a sharper hissing or spluttering noise

F

to froth

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10 3.0

To make small bubbles form on the surface of a liquid

describes bubbly soundful gas release rather than only creating foam

S

to sparkle

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6 3.0

To form many small bubbles, as in champagne

is similar but emphasizes the sound and gas release aspect more

B

to burble

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5 7.5

To make a soft low sound like water moving over stones

involves similar bubbling but often with sharper hissing rather than low noise

E

to effervesce

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1 8.2

To make small bubbles in a liquid or to behave in a lively, excited way

focuses more on noisy gas release and hissing sound rather than liveliness

F

to form bubbles

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1 2.9

Make small round pockets of air inside or on a liquid

adds that the process is often noisy and may hiss or splutter

F

fizzing

vsto fizz

3.5

Making a soft hissing and bubbling sound like soda when opened

is the same action but often named as the original verb form

E

effervescing

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7.4

Full of small bubbles like fizzy water

is more about the noisy gas escape and hissing quality

S

to spume

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• Literature

9.1

To form foam on the top of a liquid

highlights the hissing or spluttering sound rather than mere froth formation

P

to popple

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• Archaic

9.7

To make small bubbles and light splashes in water

is about vigorous gas release that makes a hissing or spluttering sound

Antonyms

S

to settle

540 2.8

To become calm and still after movement or excitement

Compounds

B

buck's fizz

• UK

1 7.5

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

How Fizzy

to froth

10 3.0

to fizz

3 3.0

to bubble

32 1.0

to go flat

3 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology