/mɪsfajˈɚ/ - [misfayer] - mis•fire
We found 9 definitions of misfire from 4 different sources.
NounPlural: misfires |
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misfire - an explosion that fails to occur | ||
dud | ||
equipment failure, breakdown an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | ||
misfire - a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) | ||
miss | ||
failure an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes" | ||
Verb |
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misfire - fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" | ||
conk out, go bad, give out, give way, break down, die, fail, go, break end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" |