fizzle

v. i.	1.	To make a hissing sound. [imp. & p. p. fizzled (fĭz"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. fizzling (fĭz"zlĭng).] It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. - B. Jonson.
	2.	To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking, especially after a good start; to achieve nothing. A four-day rally in stocks fizzled yesterday amid renewed fears that strong economic growth may prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. - Sharon R. King (N. Y. Times, May 6, 1998). To fizzle out to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure.
n.	1.	A failure or abortive effort; a fiasco.

Verb

1.

fizzle - end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" Synonyms: fizzle out, peter out, taper off

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