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fizzle
[ fiz-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
- Informal. to fail ignominiously after a good start (often followed by out ):
The reform movement fizzled out because of poor leadership.
noun
- a fizzling, hissing, or sputtering.
- Informal. a failure; fiasco.
fizzle
/ ˈfɪzəl /
verb
- to make a hissing or bubbling sound
- informal.often foll by out to fail or die out, esp after a promising start
noun
- a hissing or bubbling sound; fizz
- informal.an outright failure; fiasco
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fizzle1
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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