Fizzle

Verb

 * 1) To sputter or hiss.
 * ''The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
 * 1)  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.

Noun

 * 1) A spluttering or hissing sound.

Thesaurus
abort, assibilate, assibilation, bafflement, balk, be disappointing, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, blow up, blubber, boil, boil over, boiling, bomb, bubble, bubble over, bubble up, bubbliness, bubbling, buffet, burble, burn out, bust, buzz, carbonation, cave in, collapse, come short, come to grief, come to naught, come to nothing, comedown, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, defeat, die, die away, die out, disappointment, discomfiture, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, dull thud, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, effervesce, effervescence, effervescency, effervescing, expire, explode, fail, fail miserably, failure, fall short, fall through, fallen countenance, ferment, fermentation, fiasco, fizz, fizz out, fizzle out, fizzling, flame out, flat failure, flop, floperoo, foaming, foiling, forlorn hope, frication, frictional rustling, frost, frothiness, frothing, frustration, get nowhere, go out, go phut, go wrong, guggle, gurgle, hang up, hiss, hissing, hope deferred, hush, hushing, lemon, letdown, lisp, mirage, miscarry, misfire, not hack it, not make it, peter out, plop, poop out, rhonchus, seethe, setback, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, simmer, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, sore disappointment, sparkle, spit, splutter, spumescence, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, swish, tantalization, tease, total loss, turkey, turn sour, washout, wheeze, whish, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, work, zip

Etymology
Attested in English since 1525-35. From earlier fysel:. Related to fīsa:. Compare with fisa:. See also feist.

Verb

 * Armenian: թեթև ֆշշալ, թշշալ
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: шипеть
 * Swedish: fräsa, pysa


 * Danish: ebbe ud
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: потерпеть фиаско
 * Swedish: ebba ut, gå i stöpet

Noun

 * Armenian: թեթև ֆշշոց
 * Danish: brusen


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish: fräsande, pysande

Related terms

 * fizz
 * fizzy