misfire
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
misfire (plural misfires)
- An act of misfiring.
TranslationsEdit
An act of misfiring
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VerbEdit
misfire (third-person singular simple present misfires, present participle misfiring, simple past and past participle misfired)
- (firearms) To fail to discharge properly.
- (of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
- (by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.
- His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.
TranslationsEdit
To fail to discharge properly
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To fail to ignite in the proper sequence
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To fail to achieve the anticipated result
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