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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Probably from fist 'to fart' (15-17 centuries)

fizzle

 verb
     
fiz‧zle

fizzle out

phrasal verb
to gradually stop happening, especially because people become less interested:
Their romance just fizzled out.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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