1. miss - Noun
2. miss - Verb
3. Miss - Proper noun
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.
A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.
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.
To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.
To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.
To go wrong; to err.
To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.
Loss; want; felt absence.
Mistake; error; fault.
Harm from mistake.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMiss.
Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. Mark Twain
Out of everything I've lost, I miss my mind the most! Ozzy Osbourne
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television. Gore Vidal
A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile. English Proverb
A miss is as good as a mile. English Proverb
From plate to mouth you miss the soup. Portuguese Proverb