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Definition: FIZZLED |
FIZZLEDImperative & past participle1. Of Fizzle |
Date "FIZZLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1911. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Greece | New technical-level bilateral discussions began in 1994 but quickly fizzled. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "FIZZLED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "FIZZLED" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 71.43% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 28.57% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "FIZZLED": fizzled-out. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fizzled | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FIZZLED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | zischte (hissed, sizzled). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | izzledfay.(various references) | |
Russian | выдохшийся (all in, all out, fizzled out, washed out, washed up). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FIZZLED" (pronounced fi"zuld) |
| 5 | -i" z u l d | chiseled, grizzled, sizzled. |
| 4 | -z u l d | dazzled, embezzled, frazzled, muzzled, puzzled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, angled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, bungled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, commingled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, jangled, jostled, juggled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, flanneled, fondled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, giggled, gobbled, grappled, grumbled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, mangled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, nibbled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-l-z-z" | |
-1 letter: fizzed, fizzle. | |
-2 letters: felid, field, filed, flied. | |
-3 letters: defi, deil, delf, deli, diel, file, fizz, fled, idle, lied, lief, life. | |
-4 letters: del, die, eld, elf, fed, fez, fid, fie, fil, fiz, led, lei, lez, lid, lie, zed. | |
-5 letters: de, ed, ef, el, id, if, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-i-l-z-z" | |
+1 letter: frizzled. | |
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