fizzleverb [ I ]
uk/ˈfɪz.əl/us/ˈfɪz.əl/mainly US to gradually end:
Interest in the project fizzled after the funding was withdrawn.
UK to make a weak continuous s sound:
The fire fizzled miserably in the rain.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Coming to an end
- come off
- come off sth
- come out
- come to a full stop idiom
- come to a head idiom
- come to sth
- come to the end of the road idiom
- dry up
- go out (of) the window idiom
- head
- land
- land up
- lapse
- let
- let up
- peter
- road
- run
- the sun sets on sth idiom
- wind up
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Phrasal verb(s)
fizzle out