fizzling

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noun

The sound of something that fizzles.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fizzle
nounfizzling (plural fizzlings)

plural fizzlings

  1. The sound of something that fizzles.

    On the drive home Cromley decided that he must tell Kathleen of his verification of what, he was sure, had been her suspicions. He knew now why she had been so upset by moanings and fizzlings in the hot-water pipes.

    2007, Andrew Caldecott, Not Exactly Ghosts, page 176
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APA

fizzling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fizzling

MLA

“fizzling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fizzling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fizzling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fizzling.

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