fizzing
-ing form of fizz; adjective (fizzing)
Everyday
- Making lots of small bubbles with a hissing sound. tree →
- Full of energy or excitement: «fizzing with ideas». tree →
- (UK informal) Very angry: «Mum was fizzing». tree →
In the lessons
In science experiments: «the mixture is fizzing», a sign a gas is being made (a chemical reaction). In stories: «She was fizzing with excitement». In UK and Irish slang, «fizzing» can mean furious.
Examples
- The mixture is fizzing in the beaker. tree →
- Bubbles were fizzing up the side of the glass. tree →
- She was fizzing with excitement before the party. tree →
- The sherbet was fizzing on my tongue. tree →
- Fizzing shows a gas is being made. tree →
- (UK informal) Dad was fizzing when he saw the scratch on the car. tree →
Note
From fizz; spelling fizzing (double z, one ing). In science, fizzing is evidence of a chemical change.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «fizzing» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «fizzing» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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