Definitions for misfire

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misfire mis·fire

Spelling: [verb mis-fiuh r; noun

IPA: /verb mɪsˈfɪər; noun ˈmɪsˌfaɪər/

Misfire is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in misfire (efiimrs).

Definitions for misfire

noun

1. an act or instance of misfiring.

verb (used without object)

1. (of a rifle or gun or of a bullet or shell) to fail to fire or explode.
2. (of an internal-combustion engine) to fail to ignite properly or when expected.
3. to fail to achieve the desired result, effect, etc.:

Origin of misfire

First recorded in 1745-55; mis-¹ + fire

Examples for misfire

From the position of the check-lever you realise that there has been a misfire.

He tried again, in case it was just a misfire, but there was still only the click.

If it has one misfire in every twenty shots, or so, it does not matter, the great thing being to have it cock easily.

Simultaneously one cylinder starts to misfire, and then another.

First hardly hurt me at all, and the second one was quite a misfire.

The unexpectedness of this misfire positively overcame his faculties.

Feely also indicated that the TOW was reliable, citing he had never seen a misfire during his four-year enlistment.

Very cheap; safe after misfire because oxygen evaporates off.

"misfire threw him off," exclaimed the spectators afterward.

Matt's hopes were dashed somewhat by sounds which told him Chub's machine was beginning to misfire.