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misfire

mis·fire

UK/mɪsˈfaɪ(ɹ)/ US/ˈmɪs.faɪ.ɚ/ rare
verb (1) noun (2)

verb

1.

fail to fire or detonate

  • “The guns misfired”

noun

1.

an explosion that fails to occur

Synonyms
2.

a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

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Origin

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

Phrases

  • back fire
  • hang fire

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