miss

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.

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.

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.