fizzy
/ˈfɪzi
/adjective (fizzier, fizziest)
1(Of a drink) containing bubbles of gas; effervescent: fizzy mineral water...
- I generally don't agree with the belief that you can drink fizzy wine with food, but I will make an exception for Lambrusco.
- Take small sips of peppermint, ginger or camomile tea, or a fizzy drink like ginger ale (cold rice water is also effective).
- Orange squash, fizzy drinks, beer etc were all produced in bottles made of glass.
Synonyms
effervescent, sparkling, carbonated, gassy, aerated, bubbly, bubbling, frothy, foaming;
French mousseux, pétillant;
Italian spumante, frizzante;
German Schaum-, Perl-
1.1Full of energy or exuberance; lively: fizzy new wave pop...
- She may like to think of herself as the black nemesis to California's golden girls, but beneath all that eyeliner, she is a fizzy pop chick who just wants to have fun.
- The fizzy synth pop that emerged on their second album dominates their latest, drawing more on the halcyon days of glam than disco.
Derivatives
fizzily
fizziness
/ noun ...- What he wanted was a sparkling beer without unpleasant fizziness.
- Sparkling wines vary in fizziness, not just in the actual pressure under which the gas is dissolved in the wine, but also apparently in the character of the foam.
- The warning label on the side indicates that it contains zero per cent juice - I am not sure if that means grape or peach juice, but it does taste sort of peachy, with a good dose of sugar and some fizziness.