dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/fiz_MW.json
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{
"fizz":{
"antonyms":[
"hiss",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz"
],
"definitions":{
": a hissing sound":[],
": an effervescent beverage":[],
": spirit , liveliness":[],
": to make a hissing or sputtering sound : effervesce":[],
": to show excitement or exhilaration":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"soda pop fizzing in the glass",
"Noun",
"the characteristic fizz of champagne",
"All the fizz was gone from their relationship.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The daisy \u2014 spirit (often brandy), lemon, liquid sweetener, like grenadine, and sometimes fizz \u2014 begat the margarita. \u2014 Liza Weisstuch, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"In that context, judging Fire Island too harshly as a film feels a little ungenerous: Director Andrew Ahn (who helmed the microbudget coming-out story Spa Night and the lovely, low-key indie Driveways) aims mostly for function and fizz here. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 31 May 2022",
"Allan Katz and Danielle Crouch designed the original bar program, a collision of tiki updates, martinis stained purple-blue with violet liqueur and a wild fizz employing Angostura bitters, mango nectar, coconut cream and aquafaba. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The favorite, though, is Blitzen 2.0, a prosecco cocktail that pops with ginger and bright lemon, because who doesn\u2019t want fizz at this time of year",
"Other acids, such as those in lemon juice, can also be used to make the dough fizz . \u2014 Science Buddies, Scientific American , 31 Dec. 2015",
"Nathalia Arja brought great sparkle and fizz to the role of Dewdrop, all blinding footwork and flight. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Source your own holiday fizz by visiting local wineries, like Villa Sandi, that open during the holidays (other than on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31). \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Soda manufacturers can use it to fizz their drinks \u2014 something a Swiss customer of Climeworks did a few years ago when there was a carbonation shortage. \u2014 Michael Birnbaum, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Some recipes switch nuts, get their fizz from club soda or ginger ale, and incorporate coconut. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Still, the fizz and adulation has nearly always entailed an element of activism. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Indeed for many years the CEOs of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in Europe were both ESSEC graduates, which must have provided some fizz at alumni reunions! \u2014 Matt Symonds, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s so crushingly expensive; the sense of competition loses its motivating fizz pretty fast. \u2014 Sadie Stein, Town & Country , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Starting with his PhD thesis in 2001, Liger-Belair has focused on the effervescent fizz within and above a glass. \u2014 Nicola Jones, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Dec. 2021",
"As a follow-up to the special report on hard seltzers losing their fizz , the Boston Beer Company (SAM) reported disappointing earnings last week, with the primary cause being the rapid slowdown in hard seltzer sales. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Applegate tosses of language like this easily, producing a hugely entertaining fizz of historical rigor and slam-bang lingo, in print and in person. \u2014 Christopher Bonanos, Curbed , 5 Nov. 2021",
"There was little of usual opening-night fizz on view; the usual party was canceled, the media contingent diminished and few showbiz people were present. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 24 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably of imitative origin":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fiz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"fizzle",
"hiss",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012720",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fizzle":{
"antonyms":[
"collapse",
"crash",
"cropper",
"defeat",
"failure",
"nonachievement",
"nonsuccess"
],
"definitions":{
": an abortive effort : failure":[],
": fizz":[],
": to fail or end feebly especially after a promising start":[
"\u2014 often used with out"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill",
"Noun",
"the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship",
"the play was a fizzle , opening and closing the same night",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Its most interesting ideas plume briefly, only to fizzle out like far-off firecrackers. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"By the fifth inning, after Texas had let too many chances fizzle and vanish, Oklahoma was back to its old self, back to dominating. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 9 June 2022",
"Also, the more that this happens, eventually this kind of outrage will fizzle out. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"For one reason or another \u2014 lack of funding, patient pushback, or IT difficulties \u2014 many pilots simply fizzle out. \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 8 June 2022",
"The consequence is that client/agency relationships that used to last for decades, suddenly fizzle out in 2 to 3 years. \u2014 Avi Dan, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Every so often, an animal would infect a person, that person would spread the virus to some close contacts, and another minor outbreak would form, then fizzle out. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Why did this ambitious effort to promote COVID-19 vaccines fizzle out so fast",
"When does Zillow think the housing boom will fizzle out",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The big takeaway from the Netflix fizzle is that maybe, just maybe, streaming isn\u2019t all that special a business after all. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"Tanard Davis, who was signed by the Indianapolis Colts after playing football at University of Miami, saw his NFL career fizzle and moved to Atlanta to pursue a career in law enforcement. \u2014 Joshua Goodman, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Tanard Davis, who was signed by the Indianapolis Colts after playing football at University of Miami, saw his NFL career fizzle and moved to Atlanta to pursue a career in law enforcement. \u2014 Joshua Goodman, orlandosentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"After months of big promises about finishing the telecast by 11 p.m. ET, the Oscars were running long, and one key decision after another was yielding something between embarrassment and a fizzle instead of fireworks. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022",
"That was it, an unfortunate and unceremonious end to a run that once held so much promise yet ended with an undeniable fizzle . \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Perhaps his frigid fizzle on Saturday night is a motivator. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Bryan Harsin\u2019s first season at Auburn ended not with a bang, but with a fizzle . \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Given the collective fizzle of the five receivers general manager Ryan Pace drafted before Mooney arrived \u2014 Kevin White, Anthony Miller, Riley Ridley, Javon Wims and Daniel Braverman \u2014 finally landing a draft-and-develop playmaker is a big deal. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1846, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps alteration of fist to break wind":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8fi-z\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"fizz",
"hiss",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210238",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fizzwater":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": soda water sense 2a":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103319",
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}