fizzle \fiz"zle\ (f[i^]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fizzled} (f[i^]z"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {fizzling} (f[i^]z"zl[i^]ng).] [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, especially after a good start; to achieve nothing. [Colloq. or Low] [1913 Webster +PJC]
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). [PJC]
{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.]
fizzle \fiz"zle\, n. A failure or abortive effort; a fiasco. [Colloq.]
Both have caused his predecessors' efforts to fizzle in failure.
The opposition called a general strike Wednesday to press for his ouster, but merchants say fear, frustration and economic hardship caused it to fizzle.
If there isn't plentiful evidence of stronger U.S. growth, bullish dollar sentiment may begin to fizzle.
But Mr. Zweig expects the rally to fizzle after the Dow hits 2100 or so.
"Some of them fizzle out, luckily, and others don't, and we keep monitoring to see what the potential is," Corbett said.