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1
a falling short of one's goals
- the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship
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2
something that has failed
- the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night
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- corker,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- dandy,
- jim-dandy,
- phenomenon
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- blockbuster,
- hit,
- smash,
- success,
- winner
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The first known use of fizzle was in 1840
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