FIZZLE OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fizzle out mean? 

• FIZZLE OUT (verb)
  The verb FIZZLE OUT has 1 sense:

1. end weakly

  Familiarity information: FIZZLE OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIZZLE OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

End weakly

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

fizzle; fizzle out; peter out; taper off

Context example:

The music just petered out--there was no proper ending

Hypernyms (to "fizzle out" is one way to...):

discontinue (come to or be at an end)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s