"fizzle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪzəl/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-fizzle.ogg [US], en-au-fizzle.ogg [Australia] Forms: fizzles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪzəl Etymology: 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. It could also come from old Norse: "fise" simply means "blow," like in "blow in the wind." A weather-exposed community in Rogaland, Norway, is called Fister. (In modern language, the verb "fisle" has the same 3 meanings as in English, see below.) Etymology templates: {{m|enm|fysel||to fart}} fysel (“to fart”), {{m|non|fīsa||to fart}} fīsa (“to fart”), {{cog|sv|fisa||to fart (silently)}} Swedish fisa (“to fart (silently)”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fizzle (plural fizzles)
  1. A spluttering or hissing sound. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (spluttering or hissing sound): թեթև ֆշշոց (tʿetʿew fššocʿ) (Armenian), шипене (šipene) (Bulgarian), brusen [common-gender] (Danish), pihinä (Finnish), шипение (šipenije) [neuter] (Russian), fräsande (Swedish), pysande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fizzle-en-noun-4PZv23Tx Disambiguation of Sounds: 35 7 6 4 32 11 4 Disambiguation of 'spluttering or hissing sound': 97 1 1 1
  2. (military) Failure of an exploding nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-fizzle-en-noun-xr64Kgb9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 41 6 2 4 40 6 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 6 33 7 5 6 35 7 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. An abortive effort; a flop or dud.
    Sense id: en-fizzle-en-noun-ewytQ75b
  4. A state of agitation or worry.
    Sense id: en-fizzle-en-noun-LOgrqY~U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fizz, fizzy

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪzəl/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-fizzle.ogg [US], en-au-fizzle.ogg [Australia] Forms: fizzles [present, singular, third-person], fizzling [participle, present], fizzled [participle, past], fizzled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪzəl Etymology: 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. It could also come from old Norse: "fise" simply means "blow," like in "blow in the wind." A weather-exposed community in Rogaland, Norway, is called Fister. (In modern language, the verb "fisle" has the same 3 meanings as in English, see below.) Etymology templates: {{m|enm|fysel||to fart}} fysel (“to fart”), {{m|non|fīsa||to fart}} fīsa (“to fart”), {{cog|sv|fisa||to fart (silently)}} Swedish fisa (“to fart (silently)”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fizzle (third-person singular simple present fizzles, present participle fizzling, simple past and past participle fizzled)
  1. To sputter or hiss. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (to splutter or hiss): թեթև ֆշշալ (tʿetʿew fššal) (Armenian), թշշալ (tʿššal) (Armenian), шипя (šipja) (Bulgarian), šumět [imperfective] (Czech), syčet [imperfective] (Czech), bruse (Danish), pihistä (Finnish), zischen (German), шипе́ть (šipétʹ) (Russian), fräsa (Swedish), pysa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fizzle-en-verb-vH-YCoSy Disambiguation of Sounds: 35 7 6 4 32 11 4 Disambiguation of 'to splutter or hiss': 89 8 3
  2. (figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. Tags: figuratively, informal Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare, Sounds Translations (to decay or die off to nothing): провалям се (provaljam se) (Bulgarian), 失败 (shībài) (Chinese Mandarin), (计划)流产 (Chinese Mandarin), ebbe ud (Danish), kuivua kokoon (Finnish), im Sande verlaufen (German), totlaufen (German), zu nichts führen (German), fehlschlagen (German), missglücken (German), spalić na panewce (Polish), потерпеть фиа́ско (poterpetʹ fiásko) (Russian), выдохнуться (vydoxnutʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), fundir (Spanish), apagar (Spanish), menguar (Spanish), ebba ut (Swedish), gå i stöpet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fizzle-en-verb-syuVe1N2 Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 3 31 6 3 5 41 11 Disambiguation of Sounds: 35 7 6 4 32 11 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 41 6 2 4 40 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 27 6 2 4 52 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 31 8 3 5 38 12 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 6 33 7 5 6 35 7 Disambiguation of 'to decay or die off to nothing': 3 96 2
  3. (military, of a nuclear weapon) To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-fizzle-en-verb-osX1VahJ Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fizzler, fizzle out

Inflected forms

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