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   fiz·zle

   /ˈfiz(ə)l/

   verb

   • 1. make a feeble hissing or spluttering sound: "the strobe lights fizzled and flickered"
   • ▪ end or fail in a weak or disappointing way: "their threatened revolt fizzled out at yesterday's meeting"

   noun

   • 1. a feeble hissing or spluttering sound: "the electric fizzle of the waves" Similar hisshissingbuzzbuzzingcracklecracklingsputtersputteringcrackcrackingwhite noiseinformal:zizzliterary:bombinationsusurrationsusurrusrare:sibilation
   • ▪ a failure: "in the end the fireworks were a fizzle" Similar failurefiascodebaclecatastrophedisasterblunderdamp squibinformal:flopwashoutletdownbotchhashfoul-upscrewupdead lossdead ducklead balloonlemoncock-uppig's earsnafuclinkervulgar slang:fuck-upballs-upOpposite success

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘break wind quietly’): probably imitative (compare with fizz), but perhaps related to Middle English fist (see feisty). Current senses date from the 19th century.

   Scrabble Points: 27

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