fizzed

past tense of fizz
as in hissed
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ soda pop fizzing in the glass

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Recent Examples of fizzed Wharton let the ball run across his body inside his own half and fizzed a pass into the feet of Yeremy Pino, taking out the entire West Ham midfield. — Stuart James, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The part of his consciousness focusing on tactics directed two of the drop-drones into the blobs of foam that fizzed away on the balcony floor. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026 Much of it was lofted by tiny gas pockets into the upper water column, only to fall back downward after the bubbles fizzed into the atmosphere. — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 Stillwater senior midfielder Dillan Reardon fizzed in a cross that deflected to a Greyhound defender. — Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fizzed
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  • The sorghum hissed when the wind came through it—two years of drought had left the South Dakota ground hard and the dry grass loud.
    — Heide Brandes, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Wynn said the alligator started to get agitated and even opened its mouth and hissed at her.
    — Steven Yablonski, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
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  • Not only would this have led to liquid water covering much of the Martian surface, but when lava bubbled through the Martian crust and met groundwater, warm habitable niches ideal for microbial life could have been forged.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Below, Devenanzio addresses some of the specific controversies that have bubbled up regarding the two-part season finale.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026

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“Fizzed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzed. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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