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fizzy drink

fizzy drink

1 1.0
A cold sweet drink with bubbles like cola
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪzi drɪŋk/
  • UK
: bebida gaseosa
  • Look on the bright side, if we get stuck in here all night, we can gorge ourselves on vending machine chocolate and fizzy drinks.

So during menstruation, I would avoid things like caffeine, fizzy drinks, spicy and fatty foods, things that you know are going to stimulate your gut.

Examples

  • From there, I inched my way into the city, running on the momentum of exhaustion, fueling myself on fizzy drinks wherever I could find them.

    Blog text (12)

  • Look on the bright side, if we get stuck in here all night, we can gorge ourselves on vending machine chocolate and fizzy drinks.

    The Last Showing (2014)

  • If you want to drink fizzy drinks, go to the Mexican markets in your area.

    Blog text (11)

  • Sometimes there's just nothing like a fizzy drink!

    Blog text (1)

  • I don't like fizzy drinks.

    By Deception (2022)

  • Later, they sit on the sofa drinking fizzy drinks amid papier-mâché parrots, tropical fish, and animal skins.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Would you like to come inside for a fizzy drink?

  • Young Ju sips the fizzy drink, sweet with cherries.

Synonyms

soda
vsfizzy drink
  • US
426 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink often served cold

is broader, covering all nonalcoholic drinks that contain dissolved gas
Coke
vsfizzy drink
221 1.8

A brand name people use to mean any cola drink

is the general nonalcoholic bubbly beverage category, not a brand name
pop
vsfizzy drink
  • US
127 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink sold in cans or bottles

is the neutral category used across regions for any bubbly nonalcoholic beverage
soft drink
vsfizzy drink
40 1.0

A drink without alcohol that has bubbles, like soda or lemonade

focuses on drinks that specifically contain dissolved gas making them bubbly
seltzer
vsfizzy drink
  • US
18 3.7

Fizzy water with natural or added bubbles

is a sweet flavored nonalcoholic beverage rather than plain water
soda pop
vsfizzy drink
  • US
15 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink like cola

is the general category label rather than a casual or compound form
sparkling water
vsfizzy drink
9 1.0

Water with small bubbles that make it fizzy

refers to sweet flavored drinks rather than plain bubbly water
soda water
vsfizzy drink
4 1.2

A clear fizzy drink made by adding gas to water, often used as a mixer

is a sweet flavored bubbly beverage rather than a plain mixer
carbonated water
vsfizzy drink
1 2.3

Water that has tiny bubbles of gas and is drunk plain or used as a mixer

is the sweet nonalcoholic beverage version that includes flavor and sugar

Antonyms

still water
1 1.2

Water without bubbles that people drink from bottles

How Fizzy

cola
32 1.0
soda
  • US
426 1.0
fizzy drink
  • UK
1 1.0
still water
1 1.2

Surface Forms

fizzy drink singular
fizzy drinks plural

Morphology

fizzy + drink

The meaning 'a carbonated beverage' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'fizzy' (bubbly/effervescent) with 'drink' (a beverage). The adjective+noun pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Fizzy drink comes from the little bubbles and the 'fizz' sound they make when a bottle or can is opened. The word fizzy describes those bubbling sounds, so fizzy drink means a non-alcoholic 'bubbly' or 'carbonated' drink.