FIZZLE
etymology ▼ showpronunciation(British, America) (IPA): /ˈfɪzəl/verb
(fizzles, present participle fizzling; past and past participle fizzled)
To sputter or hiss.
The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
Ben JonsonIt is the easest thing, sir, to be done, / As plain as fizzling.(figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
The entire project fizzled after the founder retired.
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