fizzle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
end weakly
The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
Types & categories
- discontinue hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a complete failure
the play was a dismal flop
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | boo |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hiss |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | siss |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discontinue |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bust |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | founder |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | failure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bomb |