fizzle
fizzle (fiz"z'l) , intransitive verb
[See Fizz.]
1.
To make a hissing sound.
It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done,
As plain as fizzling.
2.
To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking, especially after a good start; to achieve nothing. [Colloquial or Low]
A four-day rally in stocks fizzled yesterday amid renewed fears that strong economic growth may prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
Collocations (1)
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. [Colloquial]
fizzle , noun
A failure or abortive effort; a fiasco. [Colloquial]