fizzing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪzɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪzɪŋ

Verb

fizzing

1. present participle and gerund of fizz
2. present participle and gerund of fiz

Noun

fizzing (plural fizzings)

1. The action of the verb to fizz.
2. The sound made by something that fizzes.

   The fizzings of the radiators kept him awake.

Adjective

fizzing (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. (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.

Anagrams

• gin fizz