Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of misfire
nounmisfiring (plural misfirings)
plural misfirings
- The situation where something misfires.
He has written a book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind.
2007 November 20, Michiko Kakutani, “Power to Soothe the Savage Breast and Animate the Hemispheres”, in New York Times
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with misfiring
requiringhiringwiringfiringinspiringretiringaspiringdesiringexpiringinquiringadmiringtiringconspiringenquiringuninspiringrewiringuntiringquiringperspiringrehiringsiringattiringprehiringrefiring
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
misfiring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfiring
MLA
“misfiring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfiring. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misfiring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfiring.
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