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Definitions for: Fizzle [v] end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
Webster (1913) Definition: Fiz"zle (f[i^]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzled
(-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzling (-zl[i^]ng).] [See
Fizz.]
1. To make a hissing sound.
It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain
as fizzling. --B. Jonson.
2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq.
or Low]
To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and then go
out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and
ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]
Fiz"zle, n.
A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]
Synonyms: fizzle out, peter out, taper off
See Also: discontinue
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