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.
Origin of fizzle
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How to use fizzle in a sentence
But once EV-68 fizzles out, surely something new will fill its place in the rabid 24-hour all-crisis-all-the-time news cycle.
Midwest's 'Mystery Virus' Is Scary but Not Deadly | Kent Sepkowitz | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe whole central composition fizzles out in a meaningless mass of parapets and variously carved stone terminations.
Cathedrals of Spain | John A. (John Allyne) GadeAnd if it fizzles out you've lost all chance of coming back for a second try.
Cubs of the Wolf | Raymond F. JonesIt seems to me that whatever we do seems all right at first, and then fizzles out.
What Might Have Been Expected | Frank R. Stockton
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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