nnoun.eventa fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)Synset:hiss hissing hushing sibilation
Examples:- the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience
Derivationally Related Form:hisssibilate
Hypernyms:noise
Inherited Hypernyms:hissnoisesoundhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.eventa complete failureSynset:bust flop
Examples:- the play was a dismal flop
Derivationally Related Form:flopbust
Hypernyms:failure
Inherited Hypernyms:flopfailurehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bombdudturkey
vverb.stativeend weaklySynset:fizzle out peter out taper off
Examples:- The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
Hypernyms:discontinue
Inherited Hypernyms:taper offdiscontinueend
Sentence Frame:Something ---s