fizzle out

Meanings

• Verb

  To gradually cease to exist or function, often with a sense of disappointment or anticlimax.

  - "The fireworks fizzled out before reaching their full potential."
  - "Despite all our efforts, the project fizzled out and was never completed."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with fizzle out
pizzle , drizzle , mizzle , sizzle

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Variants

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fizzle , fizzled , fizzles , fizzling

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to make a hissing or sizzling sound' from the Old English word 'feslan' or 'feslian', which meant 'to hiss'. The current meaning is believed to have developed from the idea of something gradually losing energy and making a hissing sound as it does so.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'fizzle out' is often used in nuclear physics to describe the failure of a nuclear weapon to explode properly.

2. The phrase 'fizzle out' first appeared in print in the early 20th century.

3. The opposite of 'fizzle out' is 'take off', which means to gain momentum or success rapidly.

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Related Concepts

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1. Anticlimax: A literary device in which the outcome of a situation is less dramatic or significant than what was expected or promised.

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Culture

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The term 'fizzle out' is often used in literature and media to describe disappointing or anticlimactic endings. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby', the character Nick Carraway describes the party at Gatsby's mansion as having 'fizzled out' and come to an unsatisfying end.

How to Memorize "fizzle out"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a firework show that gradually loses its brightness and makes a hissing sound as it fizzles out.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'fizzle out' with the image of a disappointing or anticlimactic ending.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Fizzle Out = Fireworks Fading Out' to remember the meaning of the word.

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