| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To flop, fail or miscarry.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle 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] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being scintillating or sparkling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "FIZZLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Specialty Definition: fizzle
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To make a hissing sound.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Slang in 1811 | FIZZLE. 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
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Doggy Fizzle Televizzle | Doggy Fizzle Televizzle was a sketch comedy show starring the rap musician Snoop Dogg. It was aired by MTV. (references) | ||
| Fizzle out | End 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 Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Doggy Fizzle Televizzle | 15 | Battle of Fort Fizzle | 6 | |
| Battle of Fort Fizzle | 6 | Doggy Fizzle Televizzle | 15 | |
| Luke's Fireworks Fizzle | 5 | Fizzle Promotions | 4 | |
| Fizzle Promotions | 4 | Fort Fizzle | 2 | |
| Fort Fizzle | 2 | Luke's Fireworks Fizzle | 5 | |
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). | ||||
