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fizzle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fizzle out, peter out, taper off |
| Type of | discontinue |
fizzle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation |
| Type of | noise |
Examples of fizzle
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Underused airports from California to Ohio have seen their cargo efforts fizzle.
From the stltoday.com
Earlier Thursday, Chaffetz feared his measure would fizzle and nearly pulled it.
From the sltrib.com
Noah Baumbach thinks he's funny, though his intermittent gags fizzle painfully.
From the time.com
He also seen his lineup explode, then fizzle, too many times already this year.
From the philly.com
They've been here longer than anybody, and I don't want to see them fizzle out.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Flu strains typically fizzle out in the summer heat but can return in the fall.
From the stltoday.com
It also ensures that our season doesn't just fizzle out with nothing to play for.
From the expressandstar.com
With much of this month cool and damp, it seemed June would fizzle and not flame.
From the guardian.co.uk
In a bad spot, or with more bad quarterbacks in Chicago, his career could fizzle.
From the freep.com
- Hiss: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
- Taper off: end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
- Flop: a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
- In nuclear weapons, a fizzle occurs when the testing of a nuclear bomb fails to meet its expected yield. The reason(s) for the failure can be linked to improper bomb design, poor construction, or lack of expertise.Staff Writer. "." Strategy Page. Retrieved on 2008-05-04. Earl Lane. ". ...
- (Fizzles) Samuel Beckett used the word "fizzles" to describe eight short prose pieces written between 1973-1975.
- A spluttering or hissing sound; To sputter or hiss; To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped
- Slang for an atomic or nuclear explosion that fails to yield its full potential due to an error in construction or a deficiency in composition; to sputter into expiration, as derived from "break wind". See DUD, MISFIRE, LOOSE CANNON, SHIT MAGNET, FIELD REJECT, NUKE, FALLOUT, EMP, CONTAINMENT. ...
- Players use the term "fizzle" to refer to a spell or ability that is countered because it had a missing or invalid target when it resolved.
- To break wind in a quiet, half-hearted sort of way
