fizzing

present participle of fizz
as in hissing
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 fizzing The internet is fizzing with chatter over the trend, leaving some people shocked and others curious. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025 Another day at the US Open, another volley of shots sent fizzing back and forth across the net, all exchanged without a ball being struck. Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025 Drift between Finnish saunas, salt and ice rooms, and sensory steam baths before plunging into the cauldron-style thalassotherapy whirlpool—its thermal seawater jets fizzing like tonic in a highball. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • Splinter after splinter flopping onto the stone threshold, tsss, tsss, hissing like a nest of vipers.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Contractors working on a sewer project on the 4600 block of 10th Avenue at Stockton Boulevard reported hearing a hissing sound coming from a 2-inch gas line, according to authorities.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • Adoption exceeded expectations, satisfaction scores held steady, and innovation began bubbling up as teams discovered new ways to apply Copilot beyond the initial roadmap.
    Christopher Lind, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to the studio, which Seamen converted into a living room adorned with an oversized floral mural, the first floor has a patio with a bubbling fountain, an office, and a powder room.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Fizzing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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