fizzle
verb /ˈfɪzl/
/ˈfɪzl/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they fizzle | /ˈfɪzl/ /ˈfɪzl/ |
| he / she / it fizzles | /ˈfɪzlz/ /ˈfɪzlz/ |
| past simple fizzled | /ˈfɪzld/ /ˈfɪzld/ |
| past participle fizzled | /ˈfɪzld/ /ˈfɪzld/ |
| -ing form fizzling | /ˈfɪzlɪŋ/ /ˈfɪzlɪŋ/ |
- when something, especially something that is burning, fizzles, it makes a weak sound like a long ‘s’ synonym hiss
- Fireworks fizzled and exploded in the night sky.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘break wind quietly’): probably imitative (compare with fizz), but perhaps related to Middle English fist ‘small dog’, from fisting cur or hound, a derogatory term for a lapdog, from Middle English fist ‘break wind’, of West Germanic origin. Current senses date from the 19th cent.