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1 fizzle
'fizltr['fɪzəl]1 burbujear1) fizz: burbujear2) fail: fracasarfizzle n: fracaso m, fiasco mn.• ruido silbante s.m.• siseo débil s.m.v.• sisear débilmente v.'fɪzəlintransitive verb ( fail) (AmE) fracasarPhrasal Verbs:['fɪzl]VI silbar, hacer un ruido sibilante* * *['fɪzəl]intransitive verb ( fail) (AmE) fracasarPhrasal Verbs: -
2 fizzle
s.fiasco, fracaso.v.1 fracasar, salir mal.2 hacer efervescencia, bullir. -> fizzle out (pt & pp fizzled) -
3 fizzle
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4 fizzle out
(to fail, to come to nothing: The fire fizzled out.) esfumarse, apagarsev + adv \<\<fire/firework\>\> apagarse*; \<\<excitement\>\> esfumarse, quedar en nadaVI + ADV [fire, firework] apagarse; [enthusiasm, interest] morirse; [plan] quedar en agua de borrajas or en nada* * *v + adv \<\<fire/firework\>\> apagarse*; \<\<excitement\>\> esfumarse, quedar en nada -
5 to fizzle out
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6 esfumarse
esfumarse ( conjugate esfumarse) verbo pronominal [ temores] to melt away, be dispelled
■esfumarse vr fam to disappear, vanish: ¡esfúmate!, clear off! ' esfumarse' also found in these entries: English: evaporate - melt away - runner - scarce - air - fizzle out - smoke
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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
fizzle — ► VERB 1) make a feeble hissing or spluttering sound. 2) (fizzle out) end or fail in a weak or disappointing way. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of fizzling. ORIGIN probably imitative … English terms dictionary
fizzle — fiz zle, n. A failure or abortive effort; a fiasco. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fizzle — (v.) 1530s, to break wind without noise, probably altered from obsolete fist, from M.E. fisten break wind (see FEISTY (Cf. feisty)) + frequentative suffix le. Related: Fizzled; fizzling. Noun sense of failure, fiasco is from 1846, originally U.S … Etymology dictionary
fizzle — [v] collapse, fall through abort, be a fiasco*, come to nothing*, die, end, end in defeat*, end in disappointment*, fail, fold, miscarry, misfire, miss the mark*, peter out*, wane; concept 699 Ant. build, develop, progress … New thesaurus
fizzle — [fiz′əl] vi. fizzled, fizzling [ME fesilen, to break wind silently, akin to fisten: see FEIST] 1. to make a hissing or sputtering sound 2. Informal to fail, esp. after a successful beginning: often with out n. ☆ Informal an attempt that ends in… … English World dictionary
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 — 1. verb the loudspeaker fizzled Syn: crackle, buzz, hiss, fizz, crepitate 2. noun 1) electric fizzle See fizz 2. 3) 2) the whole thing turned out to be a fizzle Syn: failure … Thesaurus of popular words
fizzle — [“fizl] 1. n. a failure; something that sputters away. □ The whole project was a fizzle. □ Her first play was no fizzle. 2. n. to fail; to peter out. □ The whole plan fizzled, and we had to start over. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
fizzle — fiz|zle1 [ fızl ] or ,fizzle out verb intransitive to gradually fail, become less enthusiastic, or disappear, especially after starting successfully: The group s efforts at reform fizzled out after their leader left. fizzle fiz|zle 2 [ fızl ]… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fizzle — [16] Originally, fizzle meant ‘fart silently or unobtrusively’: ‘And then in court they poisoned one another with their fizzles’, Benjamin Walsh’s translation of Aristophanes’ Knights 1837. Then in the mid 19th century it started to be used for a … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins