fizzle

Etymology
Attested in English since 1525-35. From earlier. Related to. Compare with 🇨🇬. See also feist.

It could also come from old Norse: "fise" simply means "blow," like in "blow in the wind." A weather-exposed community in Rogaland, Norway, is called Fister. (In modern language, the verb "fisle" has the same 3 meanings as in English, see below.)

Verb

 * 1) To sputter or hiss.
 * The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
 * 1)  To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
 * The entire project fizzled after the founder quit.
 * 1)  To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing.
 * 1)  To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing.
 * 1)  To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing.

Translations

 * Armenian: թեթև ֆշշալ,
 * Bulgarian: шипя
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: bruse
 * Finnish: pihistä
 * German:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian: провалям се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, （计划）流产
 * Danish: ebbe ud
 * Finnish:
 * German:, totlaufen, zu nichts führen, ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: потерпеть фиа́ско,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) A spluttering or hissing sound.
 * 2)  Failure of an exploding nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.
 * 3) An abortive effort; a flop or dud.
 * 4) A state of agitation or worry.

Usage notes
In the context of nuclear testing, a (an explosion with inadequate yield) is distinguished from a  (a failure to explode at all).

Translations

 * Armenian: թեթև ֆշշոց
 * Bulgarian: шипене
 * Danish: brusen
 * Finnish: pihinä
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,