Meaning

3 senses
  1. To sputter or hiss.

    The soda fizzled for several minutes after it was poured.

    zischen

    шипе́тьšipétʹ

  2. (figuratively, informal)To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.

    The entire project fizzled after the founder quit.

    im Sande verlaufen, totlaufen, zu nichts führen

    потерпеть фиа́скоpoterpetʹ fiásko, выдохнутьсяvydoxnutʹsja

  3. To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing.

    The shot fizzled, generating only 200 tons rather than the 30 kilotons they were aiming for.

More definitions
  • end weakly

Examples

6 sentences
  1. In a drizzle, a fire will fizzle.

  2. Tom started briskly, but quickly fizzled out.

    ruТом резво начал, но быстро выдохся. — nina99nv

  3. Their relationship fizzled out after a few months.

  4. Her projects always start out great, then fizzle out.

  5. Patchy outbreaks of rain will soon fizzle out in the west, leaving the rest of the day bright and sunny.

    deVereinzelte Regenschauer lösen sich im Westen bald auf; den Rest des Tages ist es heiter und sonnig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to splutter or hiss:
to decay or die off to nothing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to splutter or hiss:
to decay or die off to nothing:

Origin

Attested in English since 1525-35. From earlier fysel (“to fart”). Related to fīsa (“to fa

Attested in English since 1525-35. From earlier fysel (“to fart”). Related to fīsa (“to fart”). Compare with Swedish fisa (“to fart (silently)”). See also feist.

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Forms

fizzles, fizzling, fizzled, fizzled
Base formfizzle · to fizzle
3rd person singularfizzles
Present participlefizzling
Past simplefizzled
Past participlefizzled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfizzle
he, she, itfizzles

Past simpleLesson

all personsfizzled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fizzled
he, she, ithas fizzled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fizzle

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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