fizz
verb (used without object)
to make a hissing or sputtering sound; effervesce.
fizzed
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past participleof fizz.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fizz.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fizzverb (used without object)to make a hissing or sputtering sound; effervesce.
Example Sentences
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The edgy appeal of “Erupcja” is in the way it maps humans as molecules and electrons, fizzed by location, inspired by connection, driven to hover, fuse and release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Garnacho's run and cross teed up Palmer for a low strike that fizzed just wide from 10 yards.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Ex-West Ham captain Rice later fizzed an effort over the bar, before Hammers goalkeeper Alphonse Areola denied Leandro Trossard and Martin Odegaard.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023
In the 56th minute of the meeting with Japan, with England just 13-12 ahead and looking vulnerable, George Ford's pass fizzed through Will Stuart's arms and ricocheted off Marler's brow behind Japan's defensive line.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2023
And so, behind the Refreshments Counter, in the Abhilash Talkies Princess Circle lobby, in the hall with Kerala’s first 70mm CinemaScope screen, Esthappen Yako finished his free bottle of fizzed, lemon-flavored fear.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
