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
Ibe’s got space in the box, and looks for Lallana in the middle with a low fizzer.
From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2016
Indeed, Sweden could easily have nicked the win, Roland Sandberg fluffing a close-range shot on 81 minutes, Edstrom’s low fizzer being hacked away by a panicked Haan four minutes later.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2014
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
Well, that was a regular fizzer of a spree, if we never had another.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf
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