Pizzled vs Fizzled - What's the difference?
pizzled | fizzled |
(heraldry) Having the penis in a different tincture than the rest of the body.
(fizzle)
To sputter or hiss.
* Ben Jonson
(figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
A spluttering or hissing sound.
Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.
As an adjective pizzled
is (heraldry) having the penis in a different tincture than the rest of the body.As a verb fizzled is
(fizzle).pizzled
English
Adjective
(-)- On his shield was a lion rampant sable, pizzled azure.
fizzled
English
Verb
(head)fizzle
English
Verb
(fizzl)- ''The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.
- It is the easest thing, sir, to be done, / As plain as fizzling .
- The entire project fizzled after the founder retired.