misfires

Meaning of misfires

noun

An act of misfiring.

verb
  1. To fail to discharge properly.
  2. (of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
  3. (by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.
    His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.

Information about misfires

  • The singular form of misfires is: misfire.
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Hyphenation of misfires

mis-fires

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • misfires is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of misfires

missfire

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