fizzle
31fizzle out — See: fizzle I …
32fizzle — I. intransitive verb (fizzled; fizzling) Etymology: perhaps alteration of fist to break wind Date: 1840 1. fizz 2. to fail or end feebly especially after a promising start often used with out II. noun Date: 1846 an abortive ef …
33fizzle — /fiz euhl/, v., fizzled, fizzling, n. v.i. 1. to make a hissing or sputtering sound, esp. one that dies out weakly. 2. Informal. to fail ignominiously after a good start (often fol. by out): The reform movement fizzled out because of poor… …
34fizzle — 1. verb /ˈfɪzəl/ a) To sputter or hiss. The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured. b) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. The entire project fizzle …
35Fizzle — fiasco; failure …
36fizzle — Australian Slang fiasco; failure …
37fizzle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. fizz, effervesce, bubble, ferment, foam; sizzle, hiss; informal, collapse, disintegrate, fade or die out, fail, flop, conk out. See failure, agitation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disappointment,… …
38fizzle — fiz·zle || fɪzl n. fizzling or sputtering which gradually fades into silence; failure, fiasco (Slang) v. make a hissing noise which gradually fades into silence; fail after starting well …
39fizzle — fiz·zle …
40fizzle [ˈfɪz(ə)l] — verb [I] to gradually fail, become less enthusiastic, or disappear The group s efforts at reform fizzled out after their leader left.[/ex] …