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

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fizzes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fizz
as in hisses
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ soda pop fizzing in the glass

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Noun
  • Mrtka was actively involved between the whistles and after the whistle, using his size to clear the net and get under opponents’ skin.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Thanks to its location on the banks of the French Broad River and Spring Creek, Hot Springs (the town) has its own natural hot spring that bubbles with mineral water from deep in the earth—and visitors are invited to take a soak in the healing pools!
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But while proper young ladies wearing proper dresses might be the dominant image that comes to mind for this genre, there’s much more immediate motivation that bubbles to the surface.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His beloved baseball glove; the cashmere quarter-zips his grandma bought him for Christmas — anything to raise a hundred bucks and feed the addiction.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Once released, the dial zips back to its starting position.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Fizzes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzes. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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