misfire
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈmɪsˌfaɪɹ/
Noun

misfire (plural misfires)

  1. An act of misfiring.
Translations
  • German: Fehlzündung (of a spark plug)
  • Russian: осе́чка
Verb

misfire (misfires, present participle misfiring; past and past participle misfired)

  1. (firearm) To fail to discharge properly.
  2. (of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
  3. (by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.
    His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.
Translations
  • French: s'enrayer
  • Italian: incepparsi
  • Russian: осечься
Translations
  • French: caler
  • German: fehlzünden
  • Spanish: encendido defectuoso, fallo de encendido
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