verb [V]
1 (of a plan or joke) to fail to have the effect that you had intended
2 (also miss) (of an engine) to not work correctly because the petrol/gas does not burn at the right time
3 (of a gun, etc.) to fail to send out a bullet, etc. when fired
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for misfire is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does misfire appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — misfire appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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