A failure or fiasco; U.S. College slang, a failure in recitation or examination. Also with out.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > that which is a failure (16) fizzle1846 A failure or fiasco; U.S. College slang, a failure in recitation or examination. Also with out. fiasco1855 A failure or breakdown in a dramatic or musical performance. Also in a general sense: An ignominious failure. frost1874 colloquial (originally British). An unsuccessful or disappointing thing or person; a failure, a flop. blue duck1889 Australian and New Zealand slang. A lost cause, a failure. Cf. earlier dead duck n. at dead, adj. n.adv. compounds 2. wash-out1902 slang. A disappointing failure, a ‘sell’. blowout1925 slang (originally U.S.). A conspicuous or irretrievable failure; a fiasco, a debacle. Cf. wash-out, n. 4. turkey1927 U.S. slang. An inferior or unsuccessful cinematographic or theatrical production, a flop; hence, anything disappointing or of little value. flopperoo1936 A flop, failure. stiff1937 A commercial venture, esp. in the entertainment business, which merits or meets with public indifference; a flop. colloquial (originally U.S.). muck-up1942 The action of spoiling or bungling something; a blunder, fiasco. bomb1954 A success (esp. in entertainment); also U.S., a failure. like a bomb and variants: with great speed; with considerable effectiveness or success. collo… fizzer1957 A disappointing failure; a fiasco or ‘wash-out’. Australian slang. lead balloon1960 a failure, an unsuccessful venture. damp squib1963 figurative or in figurative contexts. damp squib, something that fails ignominiously to satisfy the expectations aroused by it; an anti-climax, a… bummer1967 A disappointing, unpleasant, or unwanted situation or experience; a disappointment, a failure. downer1976 A downward trend, esp. in business or the economy. |
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