fizzern.

Brit.

/ˈfɪzə/, U.S.

/ˈfɪzər/

Etymology: < fizz v. or fizz n. + -er suffix¹.

a. slang. Anything excellent or first-rate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing

starOE

dainty1340

daisyc1485

say-piece1535

bravery1583

paragon1585

daint1633

rapper1653

supernaculum1704

dandy1785

roarer1813

sneezer1823

plum1825

trimmer1827

sockdolager1838

rasper1844

dinger1861

job1863

fizzer1866

champagne1880

beauty1882

pie1884

twanger1889

smasher1894

crackerjack1895

Taj Mahal1895

beaut1896

pearler1901

lollapalooza1904

bearcat1909

beaner1911

grande dame1915

Rolls-Royce1916

the nuts1917

pipperoo1939

rubydazzler1941

rumpty1941

rumptydooler1941

snodger1941

sockeroo1942

sweetheart1942

zinger1955

blue-chipper1957

ring-a-ding1959

premier cru1965

sharpie1970

stormer1978

1866 Lond. Misc. 19 May 235/2 If the mare was such a fizzer why did you sell her?

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. vii. 97 That was a regular fizzer of a spree.

b. Cricket. A very fast ball; also, one that deviates with unexpected speed after pitching. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1904 Daily Chron. 9 May 7/3 It will be good fun watching Tom keeping his fingers out of the way of a springing ‘fizzer’ of Lockwood.

1929 A. Conan Doyle Maracot Deep 251 Challen sent down another over of fizzers.

1956 A. R. Alston Test Comm. 44 Lock's first ball..was an absolute ‘fizzer’ which broke sharply.

2. = fizz n. 3; attributive, as fizzer-man, fizzer-brigade.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [noun] > effervescing drink

pop1812

fizz1864

fizzer1894

gaseosa1897

carbonate1982

1894 Westm. Gaz. 11 Sept. 3/2 I may explain that the ‘fizzer-man’ is a species of camp-follower who..takes every opportunity of disposing of his wares, consisting generally of sherbet-and-water. In hot weather Tommy Atkins patronises the fizzer brigade very largely.

3. Usually in on a (or the) fizzer. A charge-sheet. Services' slang.

ΚΠ

a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. xi. 39 I got back after..twelve, and they shoved me on the fizzer!

1940 Daily Mail 7 Sept. 3/8 Here are some current military phrases, interpreted... ‘On a fizzer’—On a charge.

1966 New Society 9 June 25/1 Feeling I was on a fizzer (army talk for a disciplinary charge).

a. A firecracker that fails to go off. U.S. colloquial and dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > dud

fizzer1914

1914 Dial. Notes 4 106 Fizzer, a firecracker that explodes with a hiss.

1978 D. Ball Great Austral. Snake Exchange 107 When we brought them home..to break the wickless ones in half for ‘fizzers’, we never felt disappointment in these small gleanings after the profusion of the night before.

b. A disappointing failure; a fiasco or ‘wash-out’. Australian slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > that which is a failure

fizzle1846

fiasco1855

frost1874

blue duck1889

wash-out1902

blowout1925

turkey1927

flopperoo1936

stiff1937

muck-up1942

bomb1954

fizzer1957

lead balloon1960

damp squib1963

bummer1967

downer1976

1957 R. S. Porteous Brigalow xiii. 101 Good old Carson, I thought. You may be a bit of a fizzer, but you'll do me.

1967 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1120/2 Fizzer, a failure, esp. it's a fizzer, ‘The traditional c[atch] p[hrase] when a mechanical device..fails to work’..: Australian: since ca. 1920.

1969 W. Dick Naked Prodigal xix. 236 We all went to a New Year's Eve party in Goodway, but it was a fizzer. It never even got off the ground.

1974 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 Nov. 2/2 Even the Country Party leader..called it [sc. a mass protest by farmers] a badly-organised fizzer.

1986 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 25 May 84/5 (heading) A Team debut fizzer by George.

1986 Facts on File 4 July 487/3 John Howard..ridiculed the prime minister's address as the biggest fizzer since Halley's Comet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fizzer
释义	fizzern. Brit. /ˈfɪzə/, U.S. /ˈfɪzər/ Etymology: < fizz v. or fizz n. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. slang. Anything excellent or first-rate. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 1866 Lond. Misc. 19 May 235/2 If the mare was such a fizzer why did you sell her? 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. vii. 97 That was a regular fizzer of a spree. b. Cricket. A very fast ball; also, one that deviates with unexpected speed after pitching. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1904 Daily Chron. 9 May 7/3 It will be good fun watching Tom keeping his fingers out of the way of a springing ‘fizzer’ of Lockwood. 1929 A. Conan Doyle Maracot Deep 251 Challen sent down another over of fizzers. 1956 A. R. Alston Test Comm. 44 Lock's first ball..was an absolute ‘fizzer’ which broke sharply. 2. = fizz n. 3; attributive, as fizzer-man, fizzer-brigade. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [noun] > effervescing drink pop1812 fizz1864 fizzer1894 gaseosa1897 carbonate1982 1894 Westm. Gaz. 11 Sept. 3/2 I may explain that the ‘fizzer-man’ is a species of camp-follower who..takes every opportunity of disposing of his wares, consisting generally of sherbet-and-water. In hot weather Tommy Atkins patronises the fizzer brigade very largely. 3. Usually in on a (or the) fizzer. A charge-sheet. Services' slang. ΚΠ a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. xi. 39 I got back after..twelve, and they shoved me on the fizzer! 1940 Daily Mail 7 Sept. 3/8 Here are some current military phrases, interpreted... ‘On a fizzer’—On a charge. 1966 New Society 9 June 25/1 Feeling I was on a fizzer (army talk for a disciplinary charge). 4. a. A firecracker that fails to go off. U.S. colloquial and dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > dud fizzer1914 1914 Dial. Notes 4 106 Fizzer, a firecracker that explodes with a hiss. 1978 D. Ball Great Austral. Snake Exchange 107 When we brought them home..to break the wickless ones in half for ‘fizzers’, we never felt disappointment in these small gleanings after the profusion of the night before. b. A disappointing failure; a fiasco or ‘wash-out’. Australian slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > that which is a failure fizzle1846 fiasco1855 frost1874 blue duck1889 wash-out1902 blowout1925 turkey1927 flopperoo1936 stiff1937 muck-up1942 bomb1954 fizzer1957 lead balloon1960 damp squib1963 bummer1967 downer1976 1957 R. S. Porteous Brigalow xiii. 101 Good old Carson, I thought. You may be a bit of a fizzer, but you'll do me. 1967 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1120/2 Fizzer, a failure, esp. it's a fizzer, ‘The traditional c[atch] p[hrase] when a mechanical device..fails to work’..: Australian: since ca. 1920. 1969 W. Dick Naked Prodigal xix. 236 We all went to a New Year's Eve party in Goodway, but it was a fizzer. It never even got off the ground. 1974 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 Nov. 2/2 Even the Country Party leader..called it [sc. a mass protest by farmers] a badly-organised fizzer. 1986 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 25 May 84/5 (heading) A Team debut fizzer by George. 1986 Facts on File 4 July 487/3 John Howard..ridiculed the prime minister's address as the biggest fizzer since Halley's Comet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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