Miss

Meaning of Miss

verb
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. (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
noun
  1. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. 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:

girl, missy, fille

Meaning misfire:

misfire

Meaning lose:

lose

Meaning neglect:

neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, overlook, overleap

Meaning lack:

lack

Meaning escape:

escape

Meaning fail to hear (a person or their words) correctly:

mishear

Meaning fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly:

misunderstand

Meaning fail to remember:

forget

Meaning lack of success:

failure

Meaning a person or thing that has been left out or excluded:

omission

Meaning an act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance:

slip

Meaning a stupid or careless mistake:

blunder

Meaning a mistake:

error

Meaning an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong:

mistake

Meaning a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one:

fiasco

Meaning a heavy, loose, and ungainly movement, or a sound made by it:

flop

Meaning a girl or young woman:

lass, lassie, colleen, wench

Meaning a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly:

bird

Meaning short for bon mot:

mot

Meaning a girl or woman:

sheila

Meaning an unmarried girl or young woman:

maid, maiden

Meaning a young unmarried woman:

damsel

Meaning a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations:

nymph

Miss antonyms

Meaning perceive with the eyes; discern visually:

see

Meaning become aware of:

notice

Meaning an instance of striking or being struck:

hit

Anagrams of Miss

isms, Sims, sims

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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