fizz
verb (used without object)
to make a hissing or sputtering sound; effervesce.
fizzing
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present participleof fizz.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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This version is easily the equal of the original: fizzing with humor, and infused with a tenderness and melancholy sympathy for all its characters, mostly members of a family from the so-called 1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The minds of these young people are alive and fizzing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
But just a few months later and the industry was fizzing with optimism again.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
Declan Rice had four opportunities, including a first-half shot he sent fizzing just wide and an injury-time effort that forced Sa into a decent save.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024
His voice was fizzing with excitement, so I figured he was over whatever was going on with him the last time we spoke.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
