fizzy
Americanadjective
Usage
What does fizzy mean? Fizzy is used to describe things that have a lot of fizz—a bubbliness or bubbly quality, like the kind in a carbonated drink. A much more formal word for fizzy is effervescent. Fizz can also refer to the kind of hissing sound that such bubbliness makes. Fizzy can be used to describe this sound or the thing making it. A fizzy drink that has lost its fizziness is often described as flat. Example: Someone must have shaken up this soda bottle—look how fizzy it is inside!
Etymology
Origin of fizzy
Example Sentences
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Although these findings suggest that fizzy water could slightly improve how the body uses glucose, the overall impact is very limited.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
Hawkers balancing basins of iced fizzy drinks moved through traffic, offering quick relief to commuters.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
CO2 is a key part of food and drink production and is used to stun livestock during slaughter as well as in packaging to keep food fresh, and in fizzy drinks.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
A nod to the 1970s, the Superfly is a fizzy, citrus-forward play on Curtis Mayfield’s 1972 track and is made with Roku Gin and yuzu and sencha syrup.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
He reached for the fizzy elation that had been bubbling through him moments before.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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