misfire Definition
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misfire
verb, intr
- 1. Said of a gun, etc: to fail to fire, or to fail to fire properly.
2. Said of an engine or vehicle: to fail to ignite the fuel at the right time.
3. Said of a plan, practical joke, etc: to be unsuccessful; to produce the wrong effect.
- Thesaurus: fail, miscarry, bomb, fall short, fall through, flop; Antonym: succeed.
- 1. An instance of misfiring.
