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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"Fizzy drinks are not necessarily something that are very much aligned with any of the sustainable development goals," Eric Christian Pedersen said in an interview.
From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2023
Fizzy drinks are mainly kept for the weekend, as are snacks such as chocolate and crisps.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2022
It’s the kind of movie that feels and sounds like a summer vacation should: Fizzy, lively, low-stakes and soundtracked by ABBA.
From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2018
Fizzy wine wasn’t desirable, and removing the fizz was a problem.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2017
I hold my first Germ meeting, and there are twenty-two of us, all girls, except for Briana Boudreau’s boyfriend, Adam, and Fizzy Meade’s brother, Max.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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