pihistä — meaning in English

English meaning

• fizzle verb To gradually fail or fade away after a promising start.
• wheeze verb To breathe with difficulty, making a rough whistling sound, often due to a respiratory problem.

Senses

pihistä is used for these senses in English:

• fizzle To sputter or hiss.
• fizzle (figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
• wheeze To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

fizzle — full definition

1. verb To gradually fail or fade away after a promising start.
2. verb To make a soft hissing or sputtering sound.
3. noun A failure or disappointing outcome, especially after high expectations.

wheeze — full definition

1. verb To breathe with difficulty, making a rough whistling sound, often due to a respiratory problem.
2. noun A whistling, rasping sound made when breathing with difficulty.

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