fizzing
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fizzing
- present participle and gerund of fizz
- present participle and gerund of fiz
Noun edit
fizzing (plural fizzings)
- The action of the verb to fizz.
- The sound made by something that fizzes.
- The fizzings of the radiators kept him awake.
Adjective edit
fizzing (not comparable)
- That fizzes or fizz.
- a fizzing mass of froth
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- From the spot where the body lay came a fierce fizzing and cracking sound, which ceased, however, before the fumes had cleared away.
- (slang) Very fast or active.
- 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- When Wilkinson found Ashton with another fizzing flat pass after 16 minutes, the Northampton man went flying through a hole in the Romanian defence and set up Cueto for a try in the corner.