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FIZZ

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("fizz" is a kind of...):

beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)

Derivation:

fizz (become bubbly or frothy or foaming)

fizzy (hissing and bubbling)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become bubbly or frothy or foaming

Example:

sparkling water

Synonyms:

effervesce; fizz; foam; form bubbles; froth; sparkle

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "fizz" is one way to...):

bubble (form, produce, or emit bubbles)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fizz"):

lather (form a lather)

seethe (foam as if boiling)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

fizz (an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic))

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