Miss
Meaning of Miss
verb
- fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).
a laser-guided bomb had missed its target
he was given two free throws, but missed both times
- fail to notice, hear, or understand.
the villa is impossible to miss—it's right by the road
I'll say it again in case you missed it
some people call this a failure but I think they are missing the point
- notice the loss or absence of.
he's rich—he won't miss the money
she slipped away when she thought she wouldn't be missed
- (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
- a failure to hit, catch, or reach something.
the penalty miss cost us the game
Old English missan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German missen .
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
mid 17th century: abbreviation of mistress.
noun- a miscarriage.
she had a miss, that time, lost the baby
abbreviation, symbol
Mississippi.
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Hyphenation of Miss
Miss
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- Miss is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Miss synonyms
Meaning girl:
Meaning misfire:
Meaning lose:
Meaning neglect:
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, overlook, overleap
Meaning lack:
Meaning escape:
Meaning fail to hear (a person or their words) correctly:
Meaning fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly:
Meaning fail to remember:
Meaning lack of success:
Meaning a person or thing that has been left out or excluded:
Meaning an act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance:
Meaning a stupid or careless mistake:
Meaning a mistake:
Meaning an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong:
Meaning a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one:
Meaning a heavy, loose, and ungainly movement, or a sound made by it:
Meaning a girl or young woman:
Meaning a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly:
Meaning short for bon mot:
Meaning a girl or woman:
Meaning an unmarried girl or young woman:
Meaning a young unmarried woman:
Meaning a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations:
Miss antonyms
Meaning perceive with the eyes; discern visually:
Meaning become aware of:
Meaning an instance of striking or being struck:
Anagrams of Miss
Words that rhyme with Miss
miss, amiss, unamiss, submiss, Cheremiss, cheremiss, demipremiss, demiss, overremiss, premiss, remiss, dimiss, schoolmiss, fideicommiss, immiss, promiss, permiss, dismiss, predismiss, redismiss, koumiss, kumiss
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