Misfire - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌmɪsˈfaɪər|  American pronunciation of the word misfire
Brit.  |mɪsˈfaɪə|  British pronunciation of the word misfire

noun

- an explosion that fails to occur (syn: dud)
- a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) (syn: miss)

verb

- fail to fire or detonate
The guns misfired

Extra examples

...their scheme to rob the bank misfired disastrously and landed them all in jail...

His attempt at a joke misfired.

I was worried that the plan might misfire.

The guns misfired

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: misfire
he/she/it: misfires
present participle: misfiring
past tense: misfired
past participle: misfired
noun
singular: misfire
plural: misfires
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