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Pronunciation : Fiz"zle
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Fizz.]
Definition : 1. To make a hissing sound. It is the easfizzling. 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 ridicuously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]

i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Fiz"zle
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913