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Thesaurus: fizzle

To make a hissing sound.

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  1. v. i. To make a hissing sound.
  2. v. i. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking.
  3. n. A failure or abortive effort.
  4. n. a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
  5. n. a complete failure
  6. v. end weakly
  7. n:15/v:85 n a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) n a complete failure v end weakly