fizzy

American  

[fiz-ee] / ˈfɪz i /

adjective

fizzier, fizziest

1. bubbly; fizzing.

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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

First recorded in 1850–55; fizz + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Hawkers balancing basins of iced fizzy drinks moved through traffic, offering quick relief to commuters.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The tiny puppy, barely bigger than a football, is gently squeaking from inside a large cage where she is joined by a half-chewed fizzy drinks bottle and an array of dog toys.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 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

By 1934, Lubitsch had left Paramount for MGM, where he directed one last musical with Chevalier and MacDonald, a loose but fizzy adaptation of Franz Lehár’s operetta “The Merry Widow.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Soojin smooths her hair, sips some fizzy juice, and takes a deep breath.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan