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fizzle

Verb

∙ To sputter or hiss.
∙ To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. figuratively

Noun

∙ A spluttering or hissing sound.
∙ Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.

BABYLON ENGLISH
fizzle v.
make a hissing noise which gradually fades into silence; fail after starting well
fizzling or sputtering which gradually fades into silence; failure, fiasco (Slang)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
fizzle
fizzle
\fiz"zle\, n. a failure or abortive effort. [colloq.]
fizzle
\fiz"zle\ (f&ibreve;z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. fizzled (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. fizzling (-zl&ibreve;ng).] [see fizz.]
1. to make a hissing sound. it is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, as plain as fizzling. jonson.
2. to make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [colloq. or low]
similar words(1)

to fizzle out

WORDNET 2.0
fizzle
Verb
1. end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
(synonym) taper off, peter out, fizzle out
(hypernym) discontinue

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fizzle
Fizzle may refer to:Fizzle (nuclear test), a nuclear weapons termLuke's Fireworks Fizzle, a 1916 short comedy filmFizzle Promotions, a Music promotersBattle of Fort Fizzle, an American Civil WarFizzle Like A Flood, a moniker Doug KabourekFizzles, a short stories by Samuel BeckettFizzle (Transformers), a fictional character, member of the Sparkabots
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

fizzle

Verb

∙ To sputter or hiss.
∙ To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. figuratively

Noun

∙ A spluttering or hissing sound.
∙ Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.

BABYLON ENGLISH
fizzle v.
make a hissing noise which gradually fades into silence; fail after starting well
fizzling or sputtering which gradually fades into silence; failure, fiasco (Slang)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
fizzle
fizzle
\fiz"zle\, n. a failure or abortive effort. [colloq.]
fizzle
\fiz"zle\ (f&ibreve;z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. fizzled (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. fizzling (-zl&ibreve;ng).] [see fizz.]
1. to make a hissing sound. it is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, as plain as fizzling. jonson.
2. to make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [colloq. or low]
similar words(1)

to fizzle out

WORDNET 2.0
fizzle
Verb
1. end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
(synonym) taper off, peter out, fizzle out
(hypernym) discontinue

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fizzle
Fizzle may refer to:Fizzle (nuclear test), a nuclear weapons termLuke's Fireworks Fizzle, a 1916 short comedy filmFizzle Promotions, a Music promotersBattle of Fort Fizzle, an American Civil WarFizzle Like A Flood, a moniker Doug KabourekFizzles, a short stories by Samuel BeckettFizzle (Transformers), a fictional character, member of the Sparkabots
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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