fizzy

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English

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Etymology

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From fizz +‎ -y.

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fizzy (comparative fizzier, superlative fizziest)

  1. (of a liquid) Containing bubbles.
  2. Fizzy drinks are also known as carbonated beverages.
  3. (figurative) Lively, vivacious.
    • 2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times[1]:
      [I]ts main character, Henry (Mr. [Ewan] McGregor), is a successful, intellectual dramatist who seems quite capable of churning out fizzy, challenging works about brilliant but ambivalent revolutionaries, philosophers, etc.
  4. (onomatopoeia) Makes a hissing sound.

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Noun

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fizzy (plural fizzies)

  1. (New Zealand) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.
    Synonym: fizzy drink

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