Dictionary

A failure to hit.

A failure to obtain or accomplish.

An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).

Example: 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.

To fail to hit.

Example: I missed the target.

To fail to achieve or attain.

Example: to miss an opportunity

To avoid; to escape.

Example: 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.

Example: I miss you! Come home soon!

A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.

Example: 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.