fizzling

present participle of fizzle
as in hissing
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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Recent Examples of fizzling The Franklin note is stirring, too, because the man — despite being a great recruiter and motivator — has a rep for fizzling in big games. Chris Branch, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • Initially Mila can be seen hissing at Fifi, just for being near her.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • In 2021, scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore turned Madagascar hissing cockroaches into cyborgs, implanting electrodes in sensory organs known as cerci that were then connected to tiny computers.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
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  • That just happened to coincide with a deluge of rain, enough to flood streets in downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale, swamp some cars and send manhole covers and drains bubbling up with excess rainwater.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Guests are invited to soak in natural pools, bubbling hot springs, and a lake that stretches as far as the eye can see.
    Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Fizzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzling. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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