fizzer
Britishnoun
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anything that fizzes
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slang a person or thing that disappoints, fails to succeed, etc
the horse proved to be a fizzer
Example Sentences
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Then Ronaldo has a go; it’s a low fizzer, but met by Szczesny.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2016
Dzeko reaches the byline and pearls a low fizzer into the Irish six-yard box.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2015
There was that moment of magic from Neymar after just three minutes of the opening game, there was that Pirlo free-kick, that fizzer from Forlan and a curler from Cavani.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2013
Braid took careful aim, swung mightily and hit a powerful knee-high fizzer that rose just barely enough to strike the iconic Scottish lion painted on the hotel squarely in the ass.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 2, 2013
He saw that I was a real fizzer and full of blood.
From A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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