fizzler

See also: Fizzler

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪzləɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪzlə(ɹ)
• Homophone: Fizzler

Etymology 1

fizzle +‎ -er

Noun

fizzler (plural fizzlers)

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of physicist +‎ -er.

Noun

fizzler (plural fizzlers)

1. (slang) A physicist.
   • 2004, Jacqueline Davies, Where the Ground Meets the Sky, page 132:

     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.

Anagrams

• frizzle