miss

verb15

1. •
   to try to hit or catch something, but not manage to

   • I fired the gun, but the bullet missed the target.
   • I tried to kick the ball, but missed.
2. •
   To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.

   • Joe missed the meeting this morning.
   • I usually watch the Oscars Ceremonies, but I missed it this year.
3. •
   To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).

   • I missed the plane!
   • "Is Polly still here?" — "No, sorry, you've just missed her. She left a couple of minutes ago."
4. •
   To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.

   • I miss you! Come home soon!
   • I miss going for walks along the beach.
5. •
   To fail to score (a goal).

   • Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties. — 2011
6. •
   To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

   • So I'm just going over my early notes, see if I missed anything.
7. •
   To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).

   • The car is missing essential features.
   • This jigsaw is missing several pieces.
8. •
   To fail to achieve or attain.

   • The company missed all its sales targets.
9. •
   To avoid hitting.

   • The driver swerved and just managed to miss the chicken crossing the road.
10. •
    To avoid or escape.

    • The car just missed hitting a passer-by.
    • We missed disaster by the skin of our teeth.
11. •
    (slang) To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.

    • Miss me with that nonsense!
12. •
    To fail to understand.
13. •
    To fail to help the hand of a player.

    • Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!
14. •
    (no longer used) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

    • What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. — 1591
15. •
    (no longer used) To go wrong; to err.

    • Emongst the Angels, a whole legione / Of wicked Sprights did fall from happy blis; / What wonder then, if one of women all did mis? — 1590

noun13

1. •
   A failure to physically hit.

   • In eight shots at the target he had six misses.
2. •
   A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.

   • After four top-ten singles, the band's next release was a miss.
   • Your answer isn't exactly right, but it's a very close miss.
3. •
   The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

   • Already we're seeing fewer cache misses by avoiding creating cache entries for the idle task and expect to see even fewer with changes to the TLB reload code to uncache the page tables. — 1999
4. •
   A foul shot that fails to hit the target ball, where the player has, in the referee's judgement, not made every effort to play a legal shot; in addition to conceding points for the foul, the player can be made to play the shot again.
5. •
   Alternative spelling of Miss when used as a term of address or title of respect.

   • You may sit here, miss.
   • The dog ate my homework, miss.
6. •
   An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give).

   • I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.
7. •
   (informal) Someone or something whose loss or absence is felt.

   • Top striker Smith is out injured and will be a big miss for United.
8. •
   An unmarried woman; a girl.
9. •
   A kept woman; a mistress.
10. •
    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.
11. •
    (no longer used) Loss, lack want; hence, the feeling of loss.
12. •
    (no longer used) Error, fault; misdeed, wrongdoing, sin.
13. •
    (no longer used) Hurt or harm from a mistake or accident.

noun8

1. •
   A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.

   • Mrs. Gardiner would be happy to see Miss March and Miss Josephine at a little dance on New-Year's-Eve. — 1869
2. •
   With a surname.

   • These are the two young ladies that I wanted you to meet, Miss Jones and Miss Robinson.
3. •
   With a full name.

   • The victim was named as Miss Jane Doe.
4. •
   Used alone.

   • Good morning, Miss. May I help you?
5. •
   A form of address for a female teacher or a waitress.

   • Excuse me, Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again.
6. •
   (old-fashioned) With a first name only.

   • Excuse me Ma'am, will Miss Julia and Miss Emily be staying for tea?
7. •
   Used in title of the (female) winner of a beauty contest, or certain other types of contest, prefixing the country or other region that she represents, or the category of contest.

   • Ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause to our lovely new Miss Yorkshire!
   • And I can now announce that this year's Miss Personality is ... Doris Miggins!
8. •
   (disapproving) Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman.

   • Don't ask me, ask Miss know-it-all over there.

noun2

1. •
   Initialism of medium intensity steady state.
2. •
   Initialism of microbially induced sedimentary structure.

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.