miss

noun

A failure to hit.
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
I think I’ll give the meeting a miss.
The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

verb

To fail to hit.
I missed the target.
To fail to achieve or attain.
to miss an opportunity
To avoid; to escape.
The car just missed hitting a passer-by.
To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
I miss you! Come home soon!
To fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
miss the joke
To fail to attend.
Joe missed the meeting this morning.
To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
I missed the plane!
To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
The car is missing essential features.
(said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!
To fail to score (a goal).
To go wrong; to err.
To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

noun

A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
You may sit here, Miss Jones.
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.

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