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Definition: FIZZLED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Fizzle.[Websters]
2. To be abortioned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have tootled or booed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To be boiled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have whistled, swished, zipped or pinged. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have bubbled or foamed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have flunked or faded. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have misfired or backfired. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To have flopped, collapsed or slumped. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. To have reversed or defeated.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb fizzle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(fizzle)
1. End weakly.[Wordnet].
2. End weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending".[Wordnet].
3. To make a hissing sound.[Websters].
4. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: fizzling, fizzled, fizzles, fizzler, fizzlers, fizzlingly and fizzledly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Fizzled" is a common misspelling or typo for: fizzles, frizzled, fizzler.

Date "Fizzled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references)

Definition: FIZZLED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Fizzle.[Websters]
2. To be abortioned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have tootled or booed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To be boiled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have whistled, swished, zipped or pinged. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have bubbled or foamed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have flunked or faded. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have misfired or backfired. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To have flopped, collapsed or slumped. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. To have reversed or defeated.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb fizzle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(fizzle)
1. End weakly.[Wordnet].
2. End weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending".[Wordnet].
3. To make a hissing sound.[Websters].
4. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: fizzling, fizzled, fizzles, fizzler, fizzlers, fizzlingly and fizzledly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FIZZLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references)

Specialty Definition: fizzle

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] To make a hissing sound.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Slang in 1811FIZZLE. An escape backward. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Wiktionary[Verb] To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. The entire project fizzled after the founder retired. (references)

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Common Expressions: fizzle

ExpressionsDefinition
Doggy Fizzle TelevizzleDoggy Fizzle Televizzle was a sketch comedy show starring the rap musician Snoop Dogg. It was aired by MTV. (references)
Fizzle outEnd weakly. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Topics by Level of Interest: fizzle

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Doggy Fizzle Televizzle15   Battle of Fort Fizzle6
Battle of Fort Fizzle6   Doggy Fizzle Televizzle15
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle5   Fizzle Promotions4
Fizzle Promotions4   Fort Fizzle2
Fort Fizzle2   Luke's Fireworks Fizzle5

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).