fizzle

«fizzle» in Mova's school dictionary: to make a soft hissing, spitting sound, like a sparkler… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (fizzle, fizzles, fizzled, fizzling); noun (a fizzle — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) To fizzle is to make a soft hissing, spitting sound, like a sparkler or a fizzy drink. tree →

2) (informal) If something fizzles out, it slowly ends in a weak, disappointing way after a good start. tree →

3) (informal noun) A fizzle is a disappointing failure. tree →

4) A fizzle can also be a short, soft hissing sound. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, fizzling happens when a gas escapes from a liquid or when a fuse burns. In everyday life and stories, plans, storms, friendships and excitement can «fizzle out». Phrases: «fizzle out», «end in a fizzle».

examples

• The sparkler fizzled in the rain. tree →
• The firework fizzled and didn't go off. tree →
• Our plan to build a treehouse fizzled out after a week. tree →
• The storm fizzled out before it reached the coast. tree →
• The party was a bit of a fizzle. tree →
• The sausages fizzled in the pan. tree →
• But as he stooped down the water gave a sudden fizzle, and splashed into the fox’s eyes, blinding him. tree →

note

Regular verb: fizzled, fizzling. «Fizzle out» is the most common phrase. Related: fizz, fizzy.

In the corpora

• You don't have to join every contest; stepping out often makes a rivalry fizzle.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fizzle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.