Fizzle
verb
To gradually lose power or become less strong.
The fireworks fizzled out half way through the show.
Often appears as...
- fizzle out
- fizzle away
verb
To fail, particularly after a promising start.
Her initial enthusiasm soon fizzled out.
Often appears as...
- fizzle out
- initial enthusiasm fizzled
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
The sound of something sputtering or hissing.
We heard the fizzle of the fuse before the fireworks launched.
Often appears as...
- fizzle of fire
- fizzle of sparks
verb
To gradually lose power or become less strong.
The fireworks fizzled out half way through the show.
Often appears as...
- fizzle out
- fizzle away
verb
To fail, particularly after a promising start.
Her initial enthusiasm soon fizzled out.
Often appears as...
- fizzle out
- initial enthusiasm fizzled
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
The sound of something sputtering or hissing.
We heard the fizzle of the fuse before the fireworks launched.
Often appears as...
- fizzle of fire
- fizzle of sparks
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Descent
Used when something literally weakens, like a light dimming.
The torchlight started to fizzle, leaving us in near darkness.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often describes energy or interest levels decreasing.
After the intermission, the play's momentum fizzled.
Pro Tip 3/3Reduced Intensity
Indicates a slow fade rather than an immediate end.
The party didn't end, it just fizzled as guests left.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Descent
Used when something literally weakens, like a light dimming.
The torchlight started to fizzle, leaving us in near darkness.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often describes energy or interest levels decreasing.
After the intermission, the play's momentum fizzled.
Pro Tip 3/3Reduced Intensity
Indicates a slow fade rather than an immediate end.
The party didn't end, it just fizzled as guests left.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Descent
Used when something literally weakens, like a light dimming.
The torchlight started to fizzle, leaving us in near darkness.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often describes energy or interest levels decreasing.
After the intermission, the play's momentum fizzled.
Pro Tip 3/3Reduced Intensity
Indicates a slow fade rather than an immediate end.
The party didn't end, it just fizzled as guests left.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
well as hyenas in the mix it's going to be a really kind of special fan of afternoon and so it's a hold on to our seats and see how this all planned pans out it might all just fizzle out into nothing and everyone just stays in their respective places but it could also just
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The secrets in volcanic...
in a single eruption in the Caribbean what makes the difference between an explosive eruption or fizzle now contrary to what you might think the right approach here is not to go dashing headlong into a volcano while its rear up ting that's super dangerous I don't
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How do nuclear power...
The fission rate is too low and the chain reaction fizzles out. The first nuclear reactor built in Chicago used graphite as a moderator to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission.
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How close are we to...
The world is getting closer to achieving one of the most important public health goals of our eradicating HIV. And to do this, we won’t even have to cure the disease. We simply have to stop HIV from being transmitted until eventually it fizzles out.
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Chasing the World’s...
the difference can be infinitesimally small and impossible to discern beforehand even for experts like anton it's a mystery why some supercells create massive tornadoes and others just fizzle out tornadoes have killed more than 900 people in the
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When is a pandemic over?
Around this point herd immunity kicks in, where the virus can no longer find new hosts. So the pandemic fizzles out a short time after it began. But there’s another way to create herd immunity without such a high cost of life.
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Wine in Reverse PIPE...
I think the bottles gonna crack down the middle and he's gonna show us each half of the bottle think straight okay break in half you think it's gonna fizzle yeah ok break in half splash it on with
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Safari Live - Day 322 PIPE...
and then she'll run away I don't want to do that she knowing they'll say but she could have run up and then run back down fizzle back into the maratti yeah she's making me work and we're not even
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The Tower of Epiphany PIPE...
She named her creation Hedge. Without warning, the energy lift flickers, then fizzles out.
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
Mysteries of Fizzle, to end weakly or to fail, to die out. The definition of fizzle
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
well as hyenas in the mix it's going to be a really kind of special fan of afternoon and so it's a hold on to our seats and see how this all planned pans out it might all just fizzle out into nothing and everyone just stays in their respective places but it could also just
Video examples
The secrets in volcanic...
in a single eruption in the Caribbean what makes the difference between an explosive eruption or fizzle now contrary to what you might think the right approach here is not to go dashing headlong into a volcano while its rear up ting that's super dangerous I don't
Video examples
How do nuclear power...
The fission rate is too low and the chain reaction fizzles out. The first nuclear reactor built in Chicago used graphite as a moderator to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission.
Video examples
How close are we to...
The world is getting closer to achieving one of the most important public health goals of our eradicating HIV. And to do this, we won’t even have to cure the disease. We simply have to stop HIV from being transmitted until eventually it fizzles out.
Video examples
Chasing the World’s...
the difference can be infinitesimally small and impossible to discern beforehand even for experts like anton it's a mystery why some supercells create massive tornadoes and others just fizzle out tornadoes have killed more than 900 people in the
Video examples
When is a pandemic over?
Around this point herd immunity kicks in, where the virus can no longer find new hosts. So the pandemic fizzles out a short time after it began. But there’s another way to create herd immunity without such a high cost of life.
Video examples
Wine in Reverse PIPE...
I think the bottles gonna crack down the middle and he's gonna show us each half of the bottle think straight okay break in half you think it's gonna fizzle yeah ok break in half splash it on with
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 322 PIPE...
and then she'll run away I don't want to do that she knowing they'll say but she could have run up and then run back down fizzle back into the maratti yeah she's making me work and we're not even
Video examples
The Tower of Epiphany PIPE...
She named her creation Hedge. Without warning, the energy lift flickers, then fizzles out.
Video examples
Mysteries of vernacular:...
Mysteries of Fizzle, to end weakly or to fail, to die out. The definition of fizzle
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Quote examples
Aljamain Sterling
American Athlete
Fighters don't just fight. Not the good ones who have long, long success. The guys who make championship runs. The guys who fight for world titles. They get fizzled out, chewed up and spit out like a revolving door and then the next guy or the next female comes in to take their spot.
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Sir Mix-a-Lot
American Musician
That was the coolest thing about 'Baby Got Back.' The establishment didn't embrace the song, which is what kept me from being the next pop guy to fizzle out and get laughed at, get dissed on TV. That helped save me. The fact that MTV banned the record made the record, in a weird way.
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Shane Filan
Irish Musician
When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.
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Susan Hill
English Author
I wrote ghost stories because I'd always enjoyed reading them, and they seemed to be fizzling out... I don't take them terribly seriously. It's like a cake, with ingredients.
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S.E. Cupp
American Journalist
While social media can play an important role in spreading messages and democratizing access to ideas, hashtags without organization end up fizzling out.
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Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.
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Judy Smith
American Producer
Oftentimes, rumors burn white hot only to fizzle as fast as they ignited.
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Jackie Shroff
Indian Actor
Actors have to maintain their physique, or they will fizzle out!
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Rabih Alameddine
Lebanese Artist
A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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Dick Van Patten
American Actor
I never thought radio would fizzle out.
Quote examples
Aljamain Sterling
American Athlete
Fighters don't just fight. Not the good ones who have long, long success. The guys who make championship runs. The guys who fight for world titles. They get fizzled out, chewed up and spit out like a revolving door and then the next guy or the next female comes in to take their spot.
Quote examples
Sir Mix-a-Lot
American Musician
That was the coolest thing about 'Baby Got Back.' The establishment didn't embrace the song, which is what kept me from being the next pop guy to fizzle out and get laughed at, get dissed on TV. That helped save me. The fact that MTV banned the record made the record, in a weird way.
Quote examples
Shane Filan
Irish Musician
When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.
Quote examples
Susan Hill
English Author
I wrote ghost stories because I'd always enjoyed reading them, and they seemed to be fizzling out... I don't take them terribly seriously. It's like a cake, with ingredients.
Quote examples
S.E. Cupp
American Journalist
While social media can play an important role in spreading messages and democratizing access to ideas, hashtags without organization end up fizzling out.
Quote examples
Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.
Quote examples
Judy Smith
American Producer
Oftentimes, rumors burn white hot only to fizzle as fast as they ignited.
Quote examples
Jackie Shroff
Indian Actor
Actors have to maintain their physique, or they will fizzle out!
Quote examples
Rabih Alameddine
Lebanese Artist
A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
Quote examples
Dick Van Patten
American Actor
I never thought radio would fizzle out.
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