fzzz.

n.  the zap of an image fading away, as in the novel The Moon Scroll by Tony Abbott.

fzzz-fzzz.

n.  the sound of a deflating balloon; see also fzzzzzz-zzzz.

<It’s the beginning of the end.  It’s like a balloon that the air is just beginning to go out of—fzzz-fzzz.  —Nora Johnson, The World of Henry Orient: A Novel.>

fzzzzz.

n.  a hiss of steam; see also ffffzzzzzz.

<[F]eeling they were going to faint in the heat, they flung themselves into Mestre Valentim’s fountain, and, on contact with the water, their clothes went fzzzzz.  —Ruy Castro, Rio de Janiero.>

n.  the hiss of an enchanted amulet called the “Seal of Phobos,” as in the novel W.I.T.C.H.: Finding Meridian by Disney Enterprises.

fzzzzzz.

n.  the whoosh of a Gulf War missile, as described in Bridget Jones’ Diary by Helen Fielding.

fzzzzzz-zzzz.

n.  the sound of a deflating balloon; see also fzzz-fzzz.

<And then, with a shocking fzzzzzz-zzzz, the air went out of the balloon.  —Roone Arledge, Roone: A Memoir.>

- END OF PREVIEW - To read more, see the "Search Inside" feature at Amazon.com