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fizzle

[ fiz-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

, fiz·zled, fiz·zling.
  1. to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
  2. Informal. to fail ignominiously after a good start (often followed by out ):

    The reform movement fizzled out because of poor leadership.

    Synonyms: founder, collapse, miscarry



noun

  1. a fizzling, hissing, or sputtering.
  2. Informal. a failure; fiasco.

fizzle

/ ˈfɪzəl /

verb

  1. to make a hissing or bubbling sound
  2. informal.
    often foll by out to fail or die out, esp after a promising start
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a hissing or bubbling sound; fizz
  2. informal.
    an outright failure; fiasco
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fizzle1

1525–35; earlier fysel to break wind, frequentative of *fise < Old Norse fīsa to break wind; akin to feist
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fizzle1

C16: probably from obsolete fist to break wind
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Example Sentences

Hence, despite the hour beginning with a literal bang, both Rue and Lexi’s character arcs go out with a fizzle.

Robin had so much energy, the electricity from your electrical device would fizzle.

Could Occupy Wall Street yet prove a harbinger rather than a fizzle?

He predicted that without more mobilization and pressure from outside, reform could “fizzle.”

But the thing about phenoms is they can come in hot and then fizzle into a lower voltage of play.

If U.S.-Pakistan cooperation were in fact to fizzle, clearly such operations would be compromised.

He was a fizzle and a stick, he knew it, he knew nothing else, and there is an undercurrent of bitterness in him.

But, as his rhyme ended with such an ignominious fizzle, he hurried away with a snort of disgust.

“And I know you labor under a mistake,” said Fizzle, elevating his chin, and folding his arms pugnaciously over his striped vest.

"I am sorry that it has been such a fizzle," she turned to him with a sort of shy, girlish friendliness and impulsiveness.

A match lit up the darkness; he caught the well-known purr and fizzle of grains of incense.

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