fizzle

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A fizzle is when a fun activity or situation slowly loses its excitement and becomes boring. You know how sometimes you're really looking forward to something, but when it finally happens, it doesn't live up to your expectations? That's what a fizzle feels like.

When we say that an event "fizzled out", we mean that the energy and enthusiasm that was supposed to be there just wasn't. It might have started strong, with lots of people excited and looking forward to it, but as time went on, things began to slow down and eventually became dull. This can happen with parties, concerts, or even new hobbies - anything that we thought would be super fun, but ends up being kind of a letdown.

How common is "fizzle"?

Word fizzle is considered rare in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

verb

To sputter or hiss.
Example: The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
(figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
Example: The entire project fizzled after the founder quit.
(military, of a nuclear weapon) To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing.
Example: The shot fizzled, generating only 200 tons rather than the 30 kilotons they were aiming for.

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Real examples of "fizzle" in context

Jensen Ackles Teases Supernatural Reunion in The Boys; Talks Action-Packed Countdown (Extended)

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And I thought that they would fizzle out,

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How common is "fizzle"?

verb

Real examples of "fizzle" in context

Jensen Ackles Teases Supernatural Reunion in The Boys; Talks Action-Packed Countdown (Extended)

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