beep vs fizzle

beep

noun
  • The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound. 

  • A message sent to a pager device. 

  • A short, electronically produced tone. 

verb
  • To sound (something that makes a beep). 

  • To contact (someone via) a pager device. 

  • To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back. 

  • To produce a beep. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts 

fizzle

noun
  • A spluttering or hissing sound. 

  • Failure of an exploding nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing. 

  • An abortive effort; a flop or dud. 

  • A state of agitation or worry. 

verb
  • To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing. 

  • To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. 

  • To sputter or hiss. 

How often have the words beep and fizzle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )