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miss-ˈfire
[f. phr. to miss fire: see miss v.1 5 a. Cf. misfire n.]
A failure to discharge or explode. Also attrib.
1811Sporting Mag. XXXVIII. 290 It was done without a miss or a miss fire. 1881Times 15 Jan. 5/6 The five-barrelled Gardner fired 339, with one miss-fire in the minute, worked single handed. 1914W. Owen Let. 28 Aug. (1967) 281 After your deplorable miss-fire fashion. 1933Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Mar. 148/4 Narrating the missfire of a tired New York business man who hoped his wife and daughter would fly with him. |