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Fizzle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fizzle? [v] end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fizzle: fizzle out \| peter out \| taper off Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fizzle: abort \| assibilate \| assibilation \| bafflement \| balk \| be disappointing \| betrayed hope \| blasted expectation \| blighted hope \| blow \| blow up \| blubber \| boil \| boil over \| boiling \| bomb \| bubble \| bubble over \| bubble up \| bubbliness \| bubbling \| buffet \| burble \| burn out \| bust \| buzz \| carbonation \| cave in \| collapse \| come short \| come to grief \| come to naught \| come to nothing \| comedown \| cruel disappointment \| dash \| dashed hope \| defeat \| die \| die away \| die out \| disappointment \| discomfiture \| disillusionment \| dissatisfaction \| dull thud \| ebullience \| ebulliency \| ebullition \| effervesce \| effervescence \| effervescency \| effervescing \| expire \| explode \| fail \| fail miserably \| failure \| fall short \| fall through \| fallen countenance \| ferment \| fermentation \| fiasco \| fizz \| fizz out \| fizzle out \| fizzling \| flame out \| flat failure \| flop \| floperoo \| foaming \| foiling \| forlorn hope \| frication \| frictional rustling \| frost \| frothiness \| frothing \| frustration \| get nowhere \| go out \| go phut \| go wrong \| guggle \| gurgle \| hang up \| hiss \| hissing \| hope deferred \| hush \| hushing \| lemon \| letdown \| lisp \| mirage \| miscarry \| misfire \| not hack it \| not make it \| peter out \| plop \| poop out \| rhonchus \| seethe \| setback \| shush \| shushing \| sibilance \| sibilate \| sibilation \| siffle \| sigmatism \| simmer \| siss \| sissing \| sizz \| sizzle \| sizzling \| sneeze \| sneezing \| sniff \| sniffle \| snore \| snort \| snuff \| snuffle \| sore disappointment \| sparkle \| spit \| splutter \| spumescence \| sputter \| squash \| squelch \| squish \| sternutation \| stertor \| swish \| tantalization \| tease \| total loss \| turkey \| turn sour \| washout \| wheeze \| whish \| whisper \| whistle \| whistling \| white noise \| whiz \| whoosh \| work \| zip See Also \| discontinue Fizzle In Webster's Dictionary \Fiz"zle\ (f[i^]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fizzled} (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fizzling} (-zl[i^]ng).] [See {Fizz}.] 1. To make a hissing sound. It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. --B. Jonson. 2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low] {To fizzle out}, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.] \Fiz"zle\, n. A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]

Fizzle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fizzle?

[v] end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fizzle: fizzle out | peter out | taper off

See Also | discontinue

Fizzle In Webster's Dictionary

\Fiz"zle\ (f[i^]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fizzled}
(-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fizzling} (-zl[i^]ng).] [See
{Fizz}.]
1. To make a hissing sound.

         It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain
         as fizzling.                          --B. Jonson.

2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq.
   or Low]

{To fizzle out}, to burn with a hissing noise and then go
   out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and
   ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]


\Fiz"zle\, n.
A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]

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