Thesaurus results for FIZZED

fizzed

verb

Definition of fizzed next

past tense of fizz

as in hissed

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ soda pop fizzing in the glass

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Recent Examples of fizzed Even Sebastiaan Bornauw, United’s gigantic centre-back, fizzed a long-range effort off Alphonse Areola’s gloves. —

Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026 Much of it was lofted by tiny gas pockets into the upper water column, only to fall back downward after the bubbles fizzed into the atmosphere. —

Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 Stillwater senior midfielder Dillan Reardon fizzed in a cross that deflected to a Greyhound defender. —

Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025

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Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026