Meaning

2 senses

  1. An act of misfiring.

    Fehlzündung

    осе́чкаoséčka

  2. (figuratively)A failure.

    a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Tom's gun misfired.

    ruРужье Тома дало осечку. — sharptoothed

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  2. My car's engine is misfiring.

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  3. My gun misfired.

    ruМоё ружье дало осечку. — sharptoothed

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  4. The pistol misfired.

    ruПистолет дал осечку. — ZegPhig

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  5. The gun misfired.

    ruРужьё дало осечку. — ZegPhig

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
An act of misfiring:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
An act of misfiring:

Origin

Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a con

Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both).

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Forms

plural: misfires
Singularmisfire
Pluralmisfires

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an explosion that fails to occur:dud
  • a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.):miss

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
miserableB1miserablymiserlymiseryB1misfitmisfortuneB2misgender

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