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noun

Definition of fizzlesnext
plural of fizzle
1
as in collapses
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
as in disasters
something that has failed the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night

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fizzles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fizzle
as in hisses
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill

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