- fizzle⇄expr. fizzle out, (Informal.) to come to a poor end; fail.
Ex. The picnic fizzled out when it began to look like rain. The left-wing rebellion ... which had threatened a full-scale crisis, fizzled out today as the rebel group recanted unconditional - fizzle⇄fizzle, verb, -zled,-zling,noun.
- fizzle⇄noun 1. the action of fizzling or hissing.
Ex. The chicken and ham had a cheerful fizzle in the pan (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
2. (Informal, Figurative.) a failure.
Ex. The whole project was a fizzle.
(SYN) fiasco. - fizzle⇄v.i. 1. to make a hissing sound that dies out weakly.
Ex. The firecracker fizzled instead of exploding with a bang.
2. (Figurative.) to droop; flag; lose vitality.
Ex. His poems start with an engaging bounce or a grave statement; then