Definitions of misfire [ɪsˈfaɪl]

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Definition of 'misfire'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) misfire
(of a firearm; bullet; shell) to fail to fire or explode.

2. misfire
(of an internal-combustion engine) to fail to ignite properly or when expected.

3. misfire
to fail to achieve the desired result, effect, etc.:
His criticisms completely misfired.

4. (n.) misfire
an act or instance of misfiring.

Etymology: (1745–55)

Definition of 'misfire'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) misfire, dud
an explosion that fails to occur

2. (verb) miss, misfire
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

3. (verb) misfire
fail to fire or detonate
"The guns misfired"

Definition of 'misfire'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. misfire
1. Failure to fire or explode properly. 2. Failure of a primer or the propelling charge of a round or projectile to function wholly or in part.

Translation of 'misfire'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of a gun, bomb etc) to fail to explode or catch fire.
Afrikaans: weier	Arabic: يَكْبو السِّلاح، لا يَنْط	Bulgarian: засичам
Brazilian: falhar	Czech: selhat	German: versagen
Danish: klikke	Greek: παθαίνω αφλογιστία	Spanish: fallar
Estonian: mitte lahti minema	Farsi: در نرفتن گلوله	Finnish: jäädä laukeamatta
French: faire long feu	Hebrew: לְהִיכָּשֵׁל	Hindi: गलत चल जाना
Croatian: zatajiti	Hungarian: nem sül el	Indonesian: tidak meletus
Icelandic: klikka	Italian: incepparsi	Japanese: 不発になる
Korean: 불발이 되다	Lithuanian: nesprogti, neiššauti	Latvian: (paršāvienu, sprādzienu)
Malay: tidak jadi	Dutch: niet afgaan	Norwegian: klikke
Polish: nie wypalić, eksplodować	Persian: شليك نشدن گلوله، در نرفتن	Pashto: د مرمى نه فير كيدل
Portuguese: não disparar	Romanian: a nu se declanşa; a nu e	Russian: давать осечку
Slovak: zlyhať	Slovenian: ne sprožiti se	Serbian: otkazati
Swedish: klicka, inte detonera	Thai: (ปืน) ยิงไม่ออก	Turkish: ateş almamak, patlamamak,
Taiwanese: (槍砲)無法射擊	Ukrainian: давати осічку	Urdu: بندوق وغیرہ کا چوک جانا
Vietnamese: đạn tịt	Chinese: （枪等）不发火
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