misfire
noun
1. an explosion that fails to occur
Similar word(s): dud
Definition categories: event, breakdown
2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Similar word(s): miss
verb
1. fail to fire or detonate
- The guns misfired
Definition categories: competition, break, die, fail, go
Sentences with misfire as a verb:
- His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.