fizzle

Noun

• a complete failure
  • the play was a dismal flop
    

• a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
  • the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience
    

Verb

• end weakly
  • The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  flop , bust , hiss , hissing , hushing , sibilation , taper off , peter out , fizzle out