fizzle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fizzle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fizzle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fizzle n a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" Synonym(s): hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" Synonym(s): flop, bust, fizzle v end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" Synonym(s): taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fizzle \Fiz"zle\, n. A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fizzle \Fiz"zle\ (f[icr]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fizzled} (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fizzling} (-zl[icr]ng).] [See {Fizz}.] 1. To make a hissing sound. It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. --B. Jonson. 2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low] {To fizzle out}, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]