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fizzler¹

  • /ˈfɪzləɹ/

Sounds like Fizzler · Rhymes with -ɪzlə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From fizzle + -er.

noun fizzlers

  1. A fizzy cocktail.
  2. A kind of firework.

fizzler²

  • /ˈfɪzləɹ/

Sounds like Fizzler · Rhymes with -ɪzlə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Clipping of physicist + -er.

noun fizzlers

  1. slang A physicist. Uncle Nick was this old fizzler on the Hill. The grownups called him Nicholas Baker and the kids all called him Uncle Nick, but the army couldn't fool me. I knew he was Niels Bohr, the world's greatest atomic scientist, all the way from Denmark.

Fizzler³

  • /ˈfɪzləɹ/

Sounds like fizzler · Rhymes with -ɪzlə(ɹ)

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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"fizzler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fizzler. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fizzler. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fizzler

Chicago

"fizzler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fizzler.

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@misc{fizzler_2026,
  title = {fizzler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fizzler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}