fizzle
fizzle
Definition
fiz·zle (fiz′əl)
intransitive verb -·zled, -·zling
- to make a hissing or sputtering sound
- Informal to fail, esp. after a successful beginning: often with out
Etymology: ME fesilen, to break wind silently, akin to fisten: see feist
noun
☆ Informal an attempt that ends in failure
fizzle*
Synonyms
fizzle
Usage Examples
Particle object:
- routine: Their marriage seems fizzled out, daily routine has long caught up with them.
Converse of object
- console: Plans for Linux game console fizzle - ZDNet UK News.. .
- make: The result of including these reprises is to make the album fizzle away with little fanfare.
- see: So the insidious campaign against walking poles continues and, not wishing to see a good vitriolic feud fizzle out, in I jump.
Modifying Another Word
- eventually: They then spilled up and Mole and Al did a few gigs on their own which eventually fizzled out.
- soon: All the new friends I had made soon fizzled out.
- away: We sold plums until the plum market collapsed: the local fruit markets fizzled away and the processing plants closed down.
- just: What we don't want is the season just fizzling out.
- all: It all fizzles out, tho, in a long explanation of why the cover-up is a Good Thing.
- then: They came every five minutes until about 3.30, and then fizzled out.
