"fizzler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪzləɹ/ Forms: fizzlers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪzlə(ɹ) Etymology: fizzle + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fizzle|er|id2=agent noun}} fizzle + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fizzler (plural fizzlers)
  1. A fizzy cocktail.
    Sense id: en-fizzler-en-noun-5-NBcqa2
  2. A kind of firework.
    Sense id: en-fizzler-en-noun-U7WJKCRc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (Oxford), English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 85 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (Oxford): 19 56 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪzləɹ/ Forms: fizzlers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪzlə(ɹ) Etymology: Clipping of physicist + -er. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|physicist}} Clipping of physicist, {{suf|en||er|id2=Oxford}} + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fizzler (plural fizzlers)
  1. (slang) A physicist. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-fizzler-en-noun-SoXDW8qu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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