fizzle | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Fizzle
·vi To make a hissing sound. II. Fizzle ·noun A failure or abortive effort. III. Fizzle ·vi To mak...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to fizzle out
To be quenched, extinguished; to prove a failure. A favorite expression in Ohio. The factious and r...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.