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(fz"z'l), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Fizzled (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Fizzling (-zlng).] [See Fizz.] 1. To make a hissing sound. It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. B. Jonson. 2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low] To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.] Fiz"zle n.A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.] スポンサード リンク
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