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 If your bubbling or fizzing mixture produced a small reaction, your soil sample skews more toward the neutral end of the alkaline or acidic spectrum. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 May 2026 Villa were far more affirmative in their approach in and out of possession, pressing high and aggressively and fizzing the ball into the feet of their three No 10s, in Morgan Rogers, McGinn and Buendia. Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 7 May 2026 Isabelle Legeron, the founder of Raw Wine, says the scene is fizzing in Montreal and Tokyo. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026 Per Sē contrasts the delightfully retro, lipstick-y aroma of orris butter with a fresh, fizzing swell of aldehydes, pink pepper, and bamboo. Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026 But then the gang come through with an arsenal of fizzing fireworks, as does Dacre Montgomery’s Billy with a tear-jerking sacrifice. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fizzing
Verb
  • Louis let out a hissing breath.
    Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • However, some observers have reported hearing faint crackling or hissing noises during intense displays.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Just one week since launch, business is bubbling up organically.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • But even with the multitude of quantum projects bubbling up around the country, those involved in the Connecticut effort are optimistic.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026

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“Fizzing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzing. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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