Third person singular present tense of fizzle; ends weakly or in disappointment, or makes weak hissing sounds.
From 'fizzle' with the third-person singular '-s' ending. The root 'fizzle' itself derived from 'fizz' with a diminishing suffix in the 18th century.
Politicians and planners dread the word 'fizzles'—when public projects or campaigns fizzle, it's often remembered more vividly than if they simply failed, because the word perfectly captures anticlimactic disappointment!
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