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fizzy

adjective

  1. filled with bubbles (liquid)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzi/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English fizz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fizzy From fizz + -y.

  1. Containing bubbles.

    Fizzy drinks are also known as carbonated beverages.

  2. Lively, vivacious.

    [I]ts main character, Henry (Mr. [Ewan] McGregor), is a successful, intellectual dramatist who seems quite capable of churning out fizzy, challenging works about brilliant but ambivalent revolutionaries, philosophers, etc.

  3. Makes a hissing sound.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English fizz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fizzy From fizz + -y.

  1. A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.
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