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🎆 A hissing firework 😞 A disappointment 💊 A fizzy tablet
fizzer

fizzer

1 7.9
A small firework that makes a hissing sound and sparks
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪzər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : fuegos artificiales
  • He bought a box of fizzers for the backyard celebration on New Year's Eve.

Examples

  • At the festival, each guest received a small fizzer to light and enjoy safely.

  • The kids lit a small fizzer on the sidewalk.

  • The children cheered as the fizzer sent out a stream of sparks and a loud hiss.

  • We bought some colorful fizzers for the party.

  • The children watched the fizzer hissing and spinning across the garden.

  • On New Year's Eve, she lit a fizzer that crackled and fizzled before it went out.

  • As we celebrated, the fizzer made a delightful sound as it burst into sparks.

Synonyms

firework
vsfizzer
180 1.9

An object that makes bright lights and loud sounds in the sky when it bursts

is a small type that mainly makes a hissing noise when burning
squib
vsfizzer
10 8.9

A small tube firework that makes a fizzing sound

is the small hissing firework without stressing tube structure
fizgig
vsfizzer
  • Archaic
9.9

A small firework that moves while making a hissing sound

is stationary and produces a hissing sound as it burns

How Noisy

banger
  • UK
2 8.2
whistle
56 1.0
fizzer
  • Archaic
1 7.9
sparkler
12 2.6

Surface Forms

fizzer singular
fizzers plural

Morphology

fizzer = fizz (transparent) = fizz + er

Built by productive verb + -er morphology: 'fizz' (to make a hissing/bubbling sound) + '-er' yields an object or thing that fizzes, which matches this literal sense.

Etymology

Fizzer comes from the sound fizz, a word that copies a hissing noise, so a small firework that makes that hissing sound is called a fizzer.