01 v. i. To make a hissing sound.
imp. & p. p.
fizzled; p. pr. & vb. n.
fizzling
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1.
To make a hissing sound.“It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling.” — B. Jonson.
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2.
To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking, especially after a good start; to achieve nothing.[Colloq. or Low]“A four-day rally in stocks fizzled yesterday amid renewed fears that strong economic growth may prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.” — Sharon R. King (N. Y. Times, May 6, 1998).
Phrases & compounds
To fizzle out —
to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder;