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- Dictionaryfiz·zle/ˈfiz(ə)l/
verb
- 1. make a feeble hissing or spluttering sound: "the strobe lights fizzled and flickered"
noun
- 1. a feeble hissing or spluttering sound: "the electric fizzle of the waves" Similar
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1. : fizz. 2. : to fail or end feebly especially after a promising startoften used with out. fizzle. 2 of 2. noun. : an abortive effort : failure. Synonyms. Verb. fizz. hiss. sizzle. swish. whish. whizz. Noun. collapse. crash. cropper. defeat. failure. nonachievement.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. Phrasal verb. fizzle out. (Definition of fizzle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) fizzle | American Dictionary.
Fizzle definition: to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.. See examples of FIZZLE used in a sentence.
us / ˈfɪz. ə l / uk / ˈfɪz. ə l / Add to word list. mainly US. to gradually end: Interest in the project fizzled after the funding was withdrawn. UK. to make a weak continuous s sound: The fire fizzled miserably in the rain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Coming to an end. closure. cloture. come off. come to a full stop idiom.
When something fizzles, it ends in a slow, sad way. Your bake sale may get off to a great start, only to fizzle once you've sold all the brownies and are left with nothing but oatmeal raisin cookies. The word fizzle has two uses — first, for talking about a failure or disappointment.
Definition of fizzle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to make a hissing or sputtering sound, esp. one that dies out weakly. 2. to fail or expire feebly after a good start (often fol. by out ). n. 3. a fizzling, hissing, or sputtering. 4. a failure; fiasco. [1525–35; earlier fysel to break wind, frequentative of *fise < Old Norse fīsa to break wind; akin to feist]
verb. If something fizzles, it ends in a weak or disappointing way after starting off strongly. Our relationship fizzled into nothing. [V + into/to] [ Also VERB] Fizzle out means the same as fizzle. The railway strike fizzled out on its second day as drivers returned to work. [VERB PARTICLE]
See synonyms for fizzle on Thesaurus.com verb (used without object), fiz·zled, fiz·zling. to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
Fizzle definition: To fail or end weakly, especially after a hopeful beginning.
