fizzling

fizzling
'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

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  • fizzling — fizzle fiz zle (f[i^]z z l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fizzled} (f[i^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {fizzling} (f[i^]z zl[i^]ng).] [See {Fizz}.] 1. To make a hissing sound. [1913 Webster] It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. B.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fizzle — fiz zle (f[i^]z z l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fizzled} (f[i^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {fizzling} (f[i^]z zl[i^]ng).] [See {Fizz}.] 1. To make a hissing sound. [1913 Webster] It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. B. Jonson.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fizzled — fizzle fiz zle (f[i^]z z l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fizzled} (f[i^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {fizzling} (f[i^]z zl[i^]ng).] [See {Fizz}.] 1. To make a hissing sound. [1913 Webster] It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. B.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To fizzle out — fizzle fiz zle (f[i^]z z l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fizzled} (f[i^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {fizzling} (f[i^]z zl[i^]ng).] [See {Fizz}.] 1. To make a hissing sound. [1913 Webster] It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. B.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • fizzle — /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… …   Universalium

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  • fizzle — I = fizzle out fizzle UK [ˈfɪz(ə)l] / US or fizzle out UK / US verb [intransitive] Word forms fizzle : present tense I/you/we/they fizzle he/she/it fizzles present participle fizzling past tense fizzled past participle fizzled Word forms fizzle… …   English dictionary

  • fizzle — /ˈfɪzəl / (say fizuhl) verb (i) (fizzled, fizzling) 1. to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly. –noun 2. a fizzling, hissing, or sputtering. 3. Colloquial a fiasco; a failure. –phrase 4. fizzle out, Colloquial… …  

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