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[fi'æskəu]plural - fiascos; noun(a complete failure: The party was a fiasco.) fiasko* * *[fi'æskəu]plural - fiascos; noun(a complete failure: The party was a fiasco.) fiasko -
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fiasko {fk}
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fiasco — ► NOUN (pl. fiascos) ▪ a ludicrous or humiliating failure. ORIGIN Italian, bottle, flask , used in the phrase far fiasco, literally make a bottle , figuratively fail in a performance … English terms dictionary
fiasco — noun (C, U) an event that is completely unsuccessful, in a way that is very embarrassing or disappointing: The first lecture I ever gave was a complete fiasco … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fiasco — noun the picnic was a fiasco Syn: failure, disaster, catastrophe, debacle, shambles, farce, mess, wreck; informal flop, washout, snafu Ant: success … Thesaurus of popular words
fiasco — noun /fɪˈæs.kəʊ/ a) A ludicrous or humiliating failure. Some effort that went quite wrong. b) A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket. Syn: debacle … Wiktionary
fiasco — noun Syn: failure, disaster, catastrophe, debacle, farce, mess; informal flop, washout, shambles; Brit.; informal cock up; N.Amer.; informal snafu; Austral. / NZ; informal fizzer Ant: success … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
fiasco — [fɪ askəʊ] noun (plural fiascos) a ludicrous or humiliating failure. Word History Fiasco is an Italian word meaning bottle or flask , and it was briefly used in this sense when it entered English in the 19th century. However, it was taken up more … English new terms dictionary
fiasco — UK [fɪˈæskəʊ] / US [fɪˈæskoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms fiasco : singular fiasco plural fiascos a complete and embarrassing failure … English dictionary
fiasco — I. noun (plural coes) Etymology: French, from Italian, from fare fiasco, literally, to make a bottle Date: circa 1854 a complete failure II. noun (plural coes; also fiaschi) Etymology: Italian, from Late Latin flasco bottle more at … New Collegiate Dictionary
fiasco — /fiˈæskoʊ / (say fee askoh) noun (plural fiascos) an ignominious failure. {Italian: bottle, in the phrase far fiasco, literally, to make a bottle, that is, to be a disaster (from 19th century theatre slang) …
fiasco — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. failure, miscarriage, slip, misfire; botch, mess. Ant., success. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. debacle, miscarriage, blunder, farce; see disaster , failure 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. failure,… … English dictionary for students
fiasco — fi|as|co [ fi æskou ] noun count a complete and embarrassing failure … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English