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miss
Verb
  • To fail to hit. transitive, intransitive
  • To fail to achieve or attain. transitive
  • To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret. transitive
  • To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception. transitive
  • To fail to attend. transitive
  • To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.). transitive
  • To fail to help the hand of a player. poker, said of a card
  • To fail to score (a goal). sports
  • To go wrong; to err. intransitive, obsolete
  • To be absent, deficient, or wanting. intransitive, obsolete
Noun
  • A failure to hit.
  • A failure to obtain or accomplish.
  • An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
  • The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded. computing
Noun
  • A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
  • An unmarried woman; a girl.
  • A kept woman; a mistress.
  • In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player. card games
Miss
Noun
  • Form of address for an unmarried woman.
  • Form of address for a teacher or a waitress.