Synonyms of the word

fizzle

• v. To sputter or hiss.
• v. (figuratively) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
• n. A spluttering or hissing sound.
• n. Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing.

bust

• n. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
• n. The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
• v. To break something.
• v. (slang) To arrest for a crime.
• v. (slang) To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal,…
• v. (snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.
• v. (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
• v. (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
• v. (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
• n. (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
• n. (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
• n. (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
• n. (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.
• adj. (slang) Without any money, broke.

discontinue

• v. To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop…

failure

• n. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
• n. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
• n. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function, breakdown.

flop

• v. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
• v. To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.).
• v. (sports) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer).
• v. To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise…
• v. (poker, transitive) To participate in the flop, thus building one's hand with the first community cards.
• v. (slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
• n. An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
• n. A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
• n. (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
• n. A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
• adv. Right, squarely, flat-out.
• adv. With a flopping sound.
• n. (computing) A unit of measure of processor speed, being one floating-point operation per second.

hiss

• n. A high-pitched sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.
• n. An expression of disapproval made to sound like the noise of a snake.
• v. (intransitive) To make a hissing sound.
• v. (transitive) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
• v. (transitive) To utter with a hissing sound.

hissing

• v. present participle of hiss.
• n. The sound of a hiss.

hushing

• v. present participle of hush.
• n. The act of one who hushes, or calls for silence.
• n. The use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore.

noise

• n. Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
• n. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
• n. (technology) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio).
• n. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within…
• n. Rumour or complaint.
• n. (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
• n. (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
• v. (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
• v. (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

sibilation

• n. A hissing sound.