misfire
To fail to discharge properlyTo fail to discharge properly.
Meaning
4 sensesTo fail to discharge properly.
осечьсяosečʹsja
fail to fire or detonate
To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
fehlzünden
To initiate an action potential without the proper stimulus.
(broadly)To fail to achieve the anticipated result.
His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.
fehlschlagen
Examples
5 sentencesTom's gun misfired.
ruРужье Тома дало осечку. — sharptoothed
My car's engine is misfiring.
My gun misfired.
ruМоё ружье дало осечку. — sharptoothed
The pistol misfired.
ruПистолет дал осечку. — ZegPhig
The gun misfired.
ruРужьё дало осечку. — ZegPhig
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a conEither a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both).
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Forms
misfires, misfiring, misfired, misfiredWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.