fizzer
noun
fizzer is a noun meaning “Something which fizzes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-Z-Z-E-R, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fizzer is fizzers.
What does fizzer mean?
noun
- 1
Something which fizzes.
- 2
A party or social gathering which turns out to be a disappointment.
It's probably for the best you didn't come to the birthday party on Saturday: it was a fizzer.
- 3
slangA disciplinary charge.
The soldier was put on a fizzer for being improperly dressed.
- 4
informalA fast ball.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fizzer
- fizzers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fizzer?
Fizzer appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fizzer come from?
From fizz + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).