\Fiz"zle\ (f[i^]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fizzled}
(-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fizzling} (-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. [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.]