fizzle

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verb

1. To make a sharp sibilant sound: fizz, hiss, sibilate, sizzle, swish, whiz, whoosh. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
2. To lose strength or power. decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag², languish, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken. Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See increase/decrease, strong/weak.

v

Definition: collapse, fall through
Antonyms: build, develop, progress

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - sprutte, hvæse, flippe ud
n. - sprutten, hvæsen, fiasko

idioms:

• fizzle out    fuse ud

Nederlands (Dutch)
bruisen (ook figuurlijk), mislukken, zwak eindigen, mislukking

Français (French)
v. intr. - s'éteindre, faire fiasco, faire long feu, se terminer en queue de poisson
n. - sifflement, crépitement, grésillement, pétillement, échec, fiasco (fam)

idioms:

• fizzle out    s'éteindre, faire fiasco, se terminer en queue de poisson

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zischen
v. - zischen

idioms:

• fizzle out    verpuffen, verglühen, verlöschen, im Sande verlaufen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ήχος που παράγεται από) άφρισμα, σφύριγμα, τσίριγμα
v. - αφρίζω, σφυρίζω, τσιρίζω

idioms:

• fizzle out    ξεφουσκώνω, ξεθυμαίνω

Italiano (Italian)
suono sibilante, fiasco, sibilare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - chiado (m) (barulho)
v. - sibilar, fracassar (gír.)

idioms:

• fizzle out    falhar

Русский (Russian)
шипеть, окончиться ничем

idioms:

• fizzle out    окончится ничем

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - chisporrotear
n. - fiasco, fracaso

idioms:

• fizzle out    fallar, fracasar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svag väsning, fiasko (vard.)
v. - väsa svagt, spraka till och slockna, rinna ut i sanden (vard.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发嘶嘶声, 失败, 嘶嘶声

idioms:

• fizzle out    终于失败

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 發嘶嘶聲, 失敗
n. - 嘶嘶聲, 失敗

idioms:

• fizzle out    終於失敗

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 약하게 '쉭'하고 소리내다
n. - 날아가는 소리

idioms:

• fizzle out    비참하게 실패하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - シューシュー, 失敗
v. - シューと音をたてる, 元気がなくなる, 失敗する

idioms:

• fizzle out    結局失敗に終わる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اخفاق , فشل (فعل) يفشل وخاصه بعد بدايه تبشر بالنجاح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮השמיע קול תסיסה‬
n. - ‮קול תסיסה‬

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