- miss⇄expr. a miss is as good as a mile, a close miss has the same effect as a wide miss.
Ex. He was very near being a poet--but a miss is as good as a mile, and he always fell short of the mark (Scott). - miss⇄expr. miss fire. See under fire.
- miss⇄expr. miss of, (Archaic.) to fail to hit, meet, obtain, or attain; miss.
Ex. A project which ... had very narrowly missed of success (Macaulay). - miss⇄expr. miss out on, to fail to grasp.
Ex. He is also repetitive, misses out on detail, ... and is often inaccurate (Listener). - miss⇄expr. miss the boat. See under boat.
- miss⇄expr. misses, a size of clothing for girls or women with average-developed figures. Misses' sizes usually run from 8 to 16.
- miss⇄miss (1), verb, noun.
- miss⇄miss (2), noun, pl.misses.
a young unmarried woman; girl.
Ex. an arch little miss ... to whom we strove to make ourselves particularly agreeable (Herman Melville). - Miss⇄Miss, noun, pl.Misses.
1. a title given to a girl or to a woman who is not married.
Ex. Miss Brown.
2. a term of address used to a young woman; young lady.
Ex. Excuse me, Miss, are you one of the salesladies?
3. a title giv - miss⇄noun 1. a failure to hit or reach.
Ex. to make more misses than hits.
2. (Obsolete.) loss; lack.
Ex. Aged people feel the miss of children (George Eliot). - miss⇄v.i. to fail to hit.
Ex. He fired twice, but both shots missed. - miss⇄v.t. 1. to fail to hit or strike.
Ex. to miss a target in shooting. He hammers away, but half the time he misses the nail.
2a. to fail to find, get, or meet.
Ex. I set out to meet my father, but in the dark I missed him.
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