I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Buck's Fizz
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I dropped the tablet in the glass. It fizzed and dissolved.
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The champagne fizzed in the glasses.
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The firework fizzed for a moment and then went off with a bang.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Down in the housing scheme there was hardly a noise; the lamps fizzed quietly on the empty street.
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Fireworks burst up into the dark sky, then fizz to nothing.
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Next to Billy was little Paul Lazzaro with a broken arm. he was fizzing with rabies.
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Table Tennis Douglas aims to fizz past a flat champion.
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That thing was fizzing in his brain.
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The television tubes sputtered and fizzed.
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Under his flat tongue, the Nitrostat started to fizz and bring him to life.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Maybe there's a slight fizz of excitement when the day arrives.
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New Orleans favours a mid-morning milk punch, or its own variation on the gin fizz .
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Shares were given a fizz rising 8p to £2 before slipping to close at 198p.
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That change should take the fizz out of the stock market, Mr Lucas figures.
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The champagne tasted sharp and dry and it had lost its fizz .
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They kissed her and all had another glass of fizz before Charles started the dreary journey back to Willesden on the Underground.
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Would make a good mix for Kir Royale or Bucks fizz .