fiasko — meaning in English

English meaning

• bust verb To break something, especially by force.
• fiasco noun A complete and often embarrassing failure.
• fizzle verb To gradually fail or fade away after a promising start.

Senses

fiasko is used for these senses in English:

• box-office bomb (informal, film) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.
• bust (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
• fiasco A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
• fizzle An abortive effort; a flop or dud.

bust — full definition

1. verb To break something, especially by force.
2. verb To catch someone doing something wrong or illegal, or to arrest them.
3. noun A sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
4. noun A woman's breasts, or the measurement around them.
5. adjective Broke; without any money.

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