fizzy

From fizz +‎ -y.

• enPR: fĭz'i, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪzi/

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• Rhymes: -ɪzi

fizzy (comparative fizzier, superlative fizziest)

1. (of a liquid) Containing bubbles.
2. (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:

     [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.

3. (onomatopoeia) Makes a hissing sound.

• (of a liquid): sparkling, carbonated; see also Thesaurus:effervescent

• fizzy drink
• fizzy water

fizzy (plural fizzies)

1. (New Zealand) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.

   Synonym: fizzy drink

• fizzies