Zizzed vs Fizzed - What's the difference?
zizzed | fizzed |
(zizz)
A nap or sleep.
* 1973 , Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, page 45)
to have a nap
(fizz)
An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.
The sound of such an emission.
A carbonated beverage.
To emit bubbles.
To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.
To shoot or project something moving at great velocity.
* {{quote-news
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To travel at a great velocity, producing a sound caused by the speed.
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As verbs the difference between zizzed and fizzed
is that zizzed is (zizz) while fizzed is (fizz).zizzed
English
Verb
(head)zizz
English
Noun
(es)- Then I had a little zizz until Martland telephoned.
Verb
(es)fizzed
English
Verb
(head)fizz
English
Noun
(es)- I poured a cola and waited for the fizz to settle down before topping off the glass.
- Evan sat back in the hot tub and listened to the relaxing fizz and pops produced by the eruption of bubbles.
- Nathan ordered an orange fizz from the soda jerk at the counter.
Synonyms
* (emission of bubbles) effervescence, foam, froth, head * (sound of bubbles) bubble, fizzle, hiss, sputter * (carbonated beverage) pop, seltzer, soda, tonicVerb
- the fizzing fuse of a bomb
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citation, page= , passage=Terry came close to doubling Chelsea's lead when his header from Lampard's mis-hit volley fizzed inches past the upright.}}