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fiz

fiz is the obsolete form of fizz.

Meaning of fizz

Verb

fizz (third-person singular simple present fizzes, present participle fizzing, simple past and past participle fizzed)

  1. (intransitive) To emit bubbles.
  2. (intransitive) To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.
    • the fizzing fuse of a bomb
    Synonyms:
    fizzle, hiss, sizzle, sputter
  3. (intransitive) To shoot or project something at great velocity.
    • Each lad tried to send his [burning] disc fizzing and flaring through the darkness as far as possible.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 119

See all 6 meanings of fizz

Noun capitalized: FIZ

FIZ (plural FIZes or FIZs)

  1. (Malaysia, abbreviation) Abbreviation of free industrial zone.

Forms of fiz

Verb
third-person singular presentfizzes
present participlefizzing
past participlefizzed
pastfizzed
Noun
pluralfizzes
pluralFIZes
pluralFIZs

Questions about fiz

What is fiz the obsolete form of?
Fiz is the obsolete form of fizz.
What part of speech is fiz?
Fiz is a noun.
What is the plural of fiz?
The plural of fiz is fizzes.

Words near fiz in the dictionary

  1. fixups
  2. fixure
  3. fixures
  4. fiya
  5. Fiyoaree
  6. fiz
  7. fiz-gig
  8. fiz-gigged
  9. fiz-gigging
  10. fiz-gigs
  11. fizbo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fiz (page history and authors); FIZ (page history and authors); fizz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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