fizz

UK: /ˈfɪz/ US: /fɪz/ ,(fiz)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

fizz /fɪz/   v. [no object]

1. to make a hissing or sputtering sound:
   The soda fizzed in the glass.

n. [uncountable]

2. a fizzing sound.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fizz  (fiz), v.i. 

1. to make a hissing or sputtering sound;
   effervesce.

n. 

2. a fizzing sound;
   effervescence.
3. soda water or other effervescent water.
4. Wine an iced mixed drink made of liquor, lemon juice, sugar, and soda:
   gin fizz.
5. British Terms champagne.

• back formation from fizzle 1655–65

fizz′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

fizz / fɪz/ verb (intransitive)

1. to make a hissing or bubbling sound
2. (of a drink) to produce bubbles of carbon dioxide, either through fermentation or aeration

noun

1. a hissing or bubbling sound
2. the bubbly quality of a drink; effervescence
3. any effervescent drink

Etymology: 17th Century: of imitative origin

ˈfizzy adjective

ˈfizziness noun