fizz
2
4.6
- noun
- /fɪz/
:
chispa
- The launch of the new product created quite a bit of fizz around the marketing team.
- lose its fizz
Examples
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Everyone was excited about the upcoming concert, generating a lot of fizz among the fans.
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Right now I'm tired of thinking about how uneventful my life has been lately, and I wish I knew what I could do to put the fizz back into it.
Fiction book (1997) -
Like his friend Hemingway, Fitzgerald was not simply a writer but a figure, a cultural icon who would always remain linked in the popular mind with the fizz and exuberance of what he himself dubbed the Jazz Age.
Academic text (2000) -
After the announcement, there was a palpable fizz in the air as people discussed the news enthusiastically.
Synonyms
110
2.6
A lively scene of excited talk and activity among people
11
7.9
Energy and style that make something more exciting
2
7.9
A lively, exciting quality that makes someone or something stand out
Antonyms
Compounds
- UK
1
7.5
A drink you make by mixing champagne and orange juice often served at celebrations
How Exciting
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the figurative sense of fizz is to think of sparkling drinks: because 'fizz' suggests lively, popping bubbles, people use it to mean lively excitement or bright energy around a person, event, or idea.