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111misfire — [v] fail abort, backfire, blunder, break down, come to nothing, explode, fall flat*, fall short*, fizzle, fizzle out, fizz out, flop, flounder, go up in smoke*, go wrong, miscarry, miss, peter out, poop out, slip; concept 699 …
112taper off — verb 1. end weakly (Freq. 1) The music just petered out there was no proper ending • Syn: ↑peter out, ↑fizzle out, ↑fizzle • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue • …
113fliv|ver — «FLIHV uhr», noun, verb. Slang. –n. 1. a small, cheap automobile, especially one that is no longer new. 2. any small vehicle thought of as resembling this. 3. a failure or bungle; fizzle. –v.i. 1. to fail shamefully; fizzle. 2. to go in a flivver …
114fizz — (f[i^]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fizzed} (f[i^]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {fizzing}.] [Cf. Icel. f[=i]sa to break wind, Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten. Cf. {Foist}.] To make a hissing sound, such as that of a burning fuse or a… …
115fizzed — fizz fizz (f[i^]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fizzed} (f[i^]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {fizzing}.] [Cf. Icel. f[=i]sa to break wind, Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten. Cf. {Foist}.] To make a hissing sound, such as that of a burning… …
116fizzing — fizz fizz (f[i^]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fizzed} (f[i^]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {fizzing}.] [Cf. Icel. f[=i]sa to break wind, Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten. Cf. {Foist}.] To make a hissing sound, such as that of a burning… …
117Foist — Foist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foisting}.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or… …
118Foisted — Foist Foist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foisting}.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something… …
119Foisting — Foist Foist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foisting}.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something… …
120Snore — (sn[=o]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snored} (sn[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Snoring}.] [OE. snoren, AS. snora a snoring; akin to LG. snoren, snorken, snurken, to snore, D. snorken, G. schnarchen to snore, schnarren to rattle, MHG. snarren, Sw. snarka to …
