fizzy

[fiz-ee]

adjective

fizzier, fizziest 

1. bubbly; fizzing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fizzy¹

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

Example Sentences

New rules will also lower the amount of sugar permitted in fizzy drinks before they are covered by the tax - which could affect Irn Bru.

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Complex, gently fizzy hard ciders—diverse in flavor and gluten-free, with about half the alcohol of wine—are my celebration essentials no matter the company or the culinary spread.

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Pre-packaged milkshakes and coffees that are high in sugar will be hit with an extra tax from 2028, after the health secretary announced he was extending the tax on fizzy drinks to include milk-based products.

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It already applies to most sugary and fizzy soft drinks sold in cans, bottles and cartons in supermarkets.

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Examples of UPFs include sausages, crisps, pastries, biscuits, instant soups, fizzy drinks, ice cream and supermarket bread.

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When To Use

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!