Overview of verb taper_off

The verb taper off has 2 senses

• taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle -- (end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending")


• taper off -- (become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off")

Overview of adj tapering_off

The adj tapering off has 1 sense

• dwindling, tapering, tapering off -- (gradually decreasing until little remains)