a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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fizz (fɪz)

—vb
1.	to make a hissing or bubbling sound
2.	(of a drink) to produce bubbles of carbon dioxide, either through fermentation or aeration

—n
3.	a hissing or bubbling sound
4.	the bubbly quality of a drink; effervescence
5.	any effervescent drink

[C17: of imitative origin]

'fizzy

—*adj*

'fizziness

—n

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fizzy

1885, from fizz + -y (2).

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