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as in whistle
a sound similar to the speech sound \s\ stretched out the light bulb burned out with a quick fizz

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verb

as in to hiss
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ soda pop fizzing in the glass

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Noun
Her Three Decibel Rule cocktail mixes Ketel One vodka and Cocchi Americano aperitif wine with lychee and crème fraîche; a nonalcoholic Cloud 9 drink riffs on the classic citrusy and creamy Ramos gin fizz. Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026 Lemonade, which lacks the requisite fizz to be considered a soda, would have come in second with 36,510 units sold. David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
Allow the mixture to fizz and work for 10 to 15 minutes. Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 Jan. 2026 Isabelle Legeron, the founder of Raw Wine, says the scene is fizzing in Montreal and Tokyo. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fizz
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Noun
  • From the whistle of a locomotive to the rumble of steel on steel, the trains of Chicago and the Midwest are more than a mode of transportation, given that Chicago has been America’s railroad capital for more than 150 years.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • And because play wasn’t stopped immediately, and there was no whistle on the play, the window to review the play was closed.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Like the tongues of a multi-headed snake, the Trail of Tears hissed through Chattanooga, Northern Alabama, Western North Carolina, Middle Tennessee and up through Southern Illinois, down through Missouri, across Arkansas before stopping in what is now Eastern Oklahoma.
    Keith Sharon, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Peter Berg, who is directing from a script written with Taylor Sheridan and producing, presented the sizzle during the studio’s CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas alongside producer Rob Kostich, via a pre-tape.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Creator-showrunner-writer-director Lee Sung Jin returns with an all-new cast and all-new beef, one situated at a Montecito country club where the massive gulf between workers and management provides the sizzle.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • An outsider romance peppered with gallows humor and bubbling over with giddy optimism, Harold and Maude is a life-affirming, weirdly wonderful film about a rich kid with a death wish and his love affair with an exuberant 79-year-old woman.
    Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The road was reportedly bubbling just before the sinkhole opened up, neighbors say.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While there, Google said travelers are excited to go zip lining (the top trending activity in Sint Maarten in the past month), and head to Mullet Bay Beach.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Another alleged Tre-4 member, Sincere Pomar, faces kidnapping and robbery charges in a Richmond marijuana dispensary robbery where the victims were held at gunpoint and zip-tied, court records show.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026

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“Fizz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizz. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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