MISFIRE meaning: Failure to function as intended

We found 29 dictionaries that define the word misfire:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

misfire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
misfire: Merriam-Webster
misfire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
misfire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
misfire: Collins English Dictionary
misfire: Vocabulary.com
Misfire, misfire: Wordnik
misfire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
misfire: Wiktionary
misfire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
misfire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
misfire: Infoplease Dictionary
misfire: Dictionary.com
misfire (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
misfire: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Misfire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
misfire: Rhymezone
misfire: FreeDictionary.org
misfire: Mnemonic Dictionary
misfire: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

misfire: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

misfire: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Misfire: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)

Misfire: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  An act of misfiring.
▸ noun:  (figurative) A failure.
▸ verb:  (firearms) To fail to discharge properly.
▸ verb:  (of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
▸ verb:  (of a nerve or neuron) To initiate an action potential without the proper stimulus.
▸ verb:  (by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

Similar:

dud, misshoot, misfirer, misshot, misflip, miswork, mis-hire, mislight, misroll, mispump, more...

Opposite:

success, hit, direct hit

Types:

ignition, spark plug, carburetor, fuel injector, clogged air filter, timing belt, more...

Phrases:

1982 Harpoon missile misfire incident, more...

Adjectives:

lean, occasional, single, complete, intermittent, total, partial, obvious, first, previous, high

Colors:

gray, black, dark gray, charcoal, gunmetal, more...