fizzle

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To sputter or hiss.

   The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.

2. verb To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.

   The entire project fizzled after the founder quit.

3. verb To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing.

   The shot fizzled, generating only 200 tons rather than the 30 kilotons they were aiming for.

4. noun A spluttering or hissing sound.
5. noun Failure of an exploding nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.
6. noun An abortive effort; a flop or dud.
7. noun A state of agitation or worry.

Similar words

fizzle out peter out taper off fail fizz sizz splutter sputter out fuzz sibilate

Often followed by

out of and in into away as when to

Word family

fizzled fizzles fizzling