Fizzle

·vi To make a hissing sound.

II. Fizzle ·noun A failure or abortive effort.

III. Fizzle ·vi To make a ridiculous failure in an Undertaking.

fizzle
An escape backward, ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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.