fizzle
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.
a fizzling, hissing, or sputtering.
Informal. a failure; fiasco.
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How to use fizzle in a sentence
Hence, despite the hour beginning with a literal bang, both Rue and Lexi’s character arcs go out with a fizzle.
‘Euphoria’: Chaotic Season Finale Ends in a Bloody Shootout—and the Death of a Beloved Character | Kyndall Cunningham | February 28, 2022 | The Daily BeastRobin had so much energy, the electricity from your electrical device would fizzle.
How Mork Melted the Fonz: Henry Winkler Recalls Robin Williams’s Storming ‘Happy Days’ Debut | Tim Teeman | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCould 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.
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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.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonBut, as his rhyme ended with such an ignominious fizzle, he hurried away with a snort of disgust.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe Carteret“And I know you labor under a mistake,” said fizzle, elevating his chin, and folding his arms pugnaciously over his striped vest.
Ruth Hall | Fanny Fern"I am sorry that it has been such a fizzle," she turned to him with a sort of shy, girlish friendliness and impulsiveness.
The Beauty | Mrs. Wilson WoodrowA match lit up the darkness; he caught the well-known purr and fizzle of grains of incense.
Kim | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for fizzle
/ (ˈfɪzəl) /
to make a hissing or bubbling sound
(often foll by out) informal to fail or die out, esp after a promising start
a hissing or bubbling sound; fizz
informal an outright failure; fiasco
Origin of fizzle
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