misfire (verb)

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• misfire — ► VERB 1) (of a gun) fail to fire properly. 2) (of an internal combustion engine) fail to ignite the fuel correctly. 3) fail to produce the intended result …   English terms dictionary

• misfire — verb ADVERB ▪ badly (esp. BrE) ▪ Unfortunately their plan misfired badly. Misfire is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑engine …   Collocations dictionary

• misfire — verb (I) 1 if a plan or joke misfires, it does not have the result that you intended 2 if an engine misfires, the petrol mixture does not burn at the right time 3 if a gun misfires, the bullet does not come out misfire noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• misfire — verb (i) /mɪsˈfaɪə / (say mis fuyuh) (misfired, misfiring) 1. (of a gun or projectile, etc.) to fail to fire or explode. 2. (of an internal combustion engine) to fail to fire; to fire at the wrong time. 3. to fail to have a desired effect; be… …  

• misfire — verb 1》 (of a gun) fail to fire properly.     ↘(of an internal combustion engine) fail to ignite the fuel correctly or at all. 2》 fail to produce the intended result. noun an instance of misfiring …   English new terms dictionary

• misfire — verb the plan had misfired Syn: go wrong, go awry, be unsuccessful, fail, founder, fall through, fall flat; backfire; informal flop, go up in smoke …   Thesaurus of popular words

• misfire — I UK [mɪsˈfaɪə(r)] / US [mɪsˈfaɪr] verb [intransitive] Word forms misfire : present tense I/you/we/they misfire he/she/it misfires present participle misfiring past tense misfired past participle misfired if a gun misfires, the bullet does not… …   English dictionary

• misfire — mis|fire1 [ mıs faır ] verb intransitive if a gun misfires, the bullet does not come out a. if an engine misfires, the fuel does not burn in the right way and it does not work smoothly b. if a plan or activity misfires, it goes wrong or does not… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• misfire — [[t]mɪ̱sfa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] misfires, misfiring, misfired 1) VERB If a plan misfires, it goes wrong and does not have the results that you intend it to have. Some of their policies had misfired. 2) VERB If an engine misfires, the fuel fails to start… …   English dictionary

• misfire — I. intransitive verb Date: 1752 1. to have the explosive or propulsive charge fail to ignite at the proper time < the engine misfired > 2. to fail to fire < the gun misfired > 3. to miss an intended effect or objective < the new ad campaign… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• misfire — 1. noun /ˈmɪsˌfaɪɹ/ An act of misfiring. 2. verb /ˈmɪsˌfaɪɹ/ a) To fail to discharge properly His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand. b) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence …   Wiktionary