Associations to the word «Fizzle»

Wiktionary

FIZZLE, verb. To sputter or hiss.
FIZZLE, verb. (figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
FIZZLE, noun. A spluttering or hissing sound.
FIZZLE, noun. Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.
FIZZLE OUT, verb. To lose excitement, to become less exciting.

Dictionary definition

FIZZLE, noun. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience".
FIZZLE, noun. A complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop".
FIZZLE, verb. End weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin