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What (who) is misfire - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Misfire (disambiguation); Missfire
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.
misfire
(misfires, misfiring, misfired)
1.
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.
VERB: V
2.
If an engine misfires, the fuel fails to start burning when it should.
The boat's engine misfired after he tried to start it up.
VERB: V
3.
If a gun misfires, the bullet is not sent out as it should be when the gun is fired.
The gun misfired after one shot and jammed.
VERB: V
1982 Harpoon missile misfire incident
ACCIDENTAL LAUNCH OF A MISSILE
1982 Harpoon Missile Misfire Incident; Battle of Lumsaas
The 1982 Harpoon Missile Misfire Incident, in Danish dubbed 'Hovsa-Missilet' (or 'The Whoops Missile'), was an unintentional discharge of a live Harpoon missile by Danish frigate HDMS Peder Skram during a training maneuver in the Kattegat on 6 September 1982.List of anniversaries , Danish Navy; last accessed on 26 June 2007.
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Misfire
Misfire may refer to:
- Misfire (Transformers), the Transformers character
- Misfire (film), a 2014 American action film
- Misfire (That '70s Show), an episode from That '70s Show
- An engine misfire, see engine knocking
- A song on Queen's album Sheer Heart Attack
- A malfunctioned cartridge that fails to discharge at all (dud), doesn't discharge promptly (hang fire), or only partially discharges (squib load) when being shot from a firearm.
- A muzzleloader that does not fire when the trigger is squeezed.
Examples of use of misfire
1. The vice presidential misfire revived all the old Cheney gossip.
2. The Argy had been put off his stride by the misfire.
3. But even McClellan couldn‘t get the misfire out of his head.
4. After her slow start, Mauresmo fought back in the second set, grabbing a crucial break in the sixth game and overcoming the occasional misfire.
5. There seems to be more cohesion THE DEBITS TOP GUNS MISFIRE÷ Dravid, Sehwag and Laxman have scored a total of 1'' runs.