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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an explosion that fails to occur;
[syn: misfire, dud]

2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc);
[syn: miss, misfire]


VERB (1)

1. fail to fire or detonate;
- Example: "The guns misfired"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

misfire
    n 1: an explosion that fails to occur [syn: misfire, dud]
    2: a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) [syn: miss,
       misfire]
    v 1: fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"