Definition of Fizle
Fiz"zle (f&ibreve;z"z'l), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Fizzled (-z'ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. Fizzling (-zl&ibreve;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.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
FIZZLE. An escape backward,
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
The entire project fizzled after the founder retired.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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