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fizzy drink

fizzy drink

3 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
454 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink often served cold

is broader, covering all nonalcoholic drinks that contain dissolved gas
pop
vsfizzy drink
  • US
77 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
Coke
vsfizzy drink
27 1.8

A brand name people use to mean any cola drink

is the general nonalcoholic bubbly beverage category, not a brand name
soda pop
vsfizzy drink
  • US
18 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink like cola

is the general category label rather than a casual or compound form
seltzer
vsfizzy drink
  • US
18 3.7

Fizzy water with natural or added bubbles

is a sweet flavored nonalcoholic beverage rather than plain water
sparkling water
vsfizzy drink
11 1.0

Water with small bubbles that make it fizzy

refers to sweet flavored drinks rather than plain bubbly water
soda water
vsfizzy drink
6 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
89 1.0
soda
  • US
454 1.0
fizzy drink
  • UK
3 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.