Definitions of fizzle [ˈfɪz əl]

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Definition of 'fizzle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) fizzle
to make a hissing or sputtering sound, esp. one that dies out weakly.

2. fizzle
to fail or expire feebly after a good start (often fol. by out).

3. (n.) fizzle
a fizzling, hissing, or sputtering.

4. fizzle
a failure; fiasco.

Etymology: (1525–35; earlier fysel to break wind, freq. of *fise < ON fīsa to break wind; akin to feist)

Definition of 'fizzle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation
a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
"the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"

2. (verb) flop, bust, fizzle
a complete failure
"the play was a dismal flop"

3. (verb) taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle
end weakly
"The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

Definition of 'fizzle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) fizzle
a failure or abortive effort

2. (verb) fizzle
to make a hissing sound

3. (verb) fizzle
to make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking

Translation of 'fizzle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to fail, to come to nothing The fire fizzled out.
Afrikaans: doodgegaan	Arabic: يُخْفِق، يَفْشَل	Bulgarian: угасвам
Brazilian: apagar-se	Czech: zhasnout; splasknout	German: mißlingen
Danish: fuse ud; løbe ud i sandet	Greek: σβήνω	Spanish: esfumarse, apagarse
Estonian: soiku jääma	Farsi: شکست خوردن؛ ناکام ماندن	Finnish: kuivua kokoon
French: ne pas aboutir, avorter	Hebrew: לִדעוֹך	Hindi: असफल होना
Croatian: izjaloviti se, propasti	Hungarian: kudarcba fullad; kialszik	Indonesian: padam
Icelandic: verða að engu	Italian: non riuscire	Japanese: 失敗に終った
Korean: 실패하다	Lithuanian: išsikvėpti, baigtis nesėk	Latvian: izdzist; izgāzties; beigt
Malay: hambar	Dutch: wegsterven	Norwegian: mislykkes, frese ut, løpe
Polish: zgasnąć, zaniknąć	Persian: شکست خوردن؛ ناکام ماندن	Pashto: ټسېدل، پشېدل، سر ېدل (لكه
Portuguese: apagar-se	Romanian: a se stinge	Russian: окончиться ничем;гаснуть
Slovak: zhasnúť	Slovenian: izjaloviti se; dogoreti	Serbian: propasti
Swedish: spraka till och slockna,	Thai: ล้มเหลวหลังจากที่เริ่มต้น	Turkish: sonu fosçıkmak
Taiwanese: 失敗	Ukrainian: кінчатися невдачею, видих	Urdu: رفتہ رفتہ معدوم ہو جانا
Vietnamese: thất bại	Chinese: 失败
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