misfire

Meanings

Noun

An act of misfiring.

Verb

To fail to discharge properly.
To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

Origin

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

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