miss
verb
[ mɪs ]
• fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).
• "a laser-guided bomb had missed its target"
• fail to notice, hear, or understand.
• "the villa is impossible to miss—it's right by the road"
• notice the loss or absence of.
• "he's rich—he won't miss the money"
Similar:
notice the absence of,
find missing,
• (of an engine or motor vehicle) undergo failure of ignition in one or more cylinders.
• "the motor began missing and investigation found a cracked cylinder head"
miss
noun
• a failure to hit, catch, or reach something.
• "the penalty miss cost us the game"
Origin:
Old English missan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German missen .
miss
noun
• a title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl, or to that of a married woman retaining her maiden name for professional purposes.
• "Miss Hazel Armstrong"
• a girl or young woman, especially one regarded as silly or headstrong.
• "there was none of the country bumpkin about this young miss"
Similar:
young woman,
young lady,
girl,
slip of a girl,
lass,
lassie,
colleen,
bird,
mot,
sheila,
maid,
maiden,
damsel,
nymph,
wench,
Origin:
mid 17th century: abbreviation of mistress.
miss
noun
• a miscarriage.
• "she had a miss, that time, lost the baby"
Miss.
abbreviation
• Mississippi.
