miss

Scrabble Points: | Base[6] | DW[12] | TW[18]
WWF Points: | Base[7] | DW[14] | TW[21]

1. miss fire To fail to discharge. Used of a firearm.

2. miss fire To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

3. miss out on To lose a chance for: missed out on the promotion.

4. miss the boat Informal To fail to avail oneself of an opportunity.

5. miss the boat Informal To fail to understand.

1. A failure to hit, succeed, or find.

2. The misfiring of an engine.

3. Used as a courtesy title before the surname or full name of a girl or single woman. See Usage Note at Ms.

4. Used as a form of polite address for a girl or young woman: I beg your pardon, miss.

5. A young unmarried woman.

6. Used in informal titles for a young woman to indicate the epitomizing of an attribute or activity: Miss Organization; Miss Opera.

7. A series of clothing sizes for women and girls of average height and proportions.

1. To fail to hit or otherwise make contact with something: fired the final shot and missed again.

2. To be unsuccessful; fail.

3. To misfire, as an internal-combustion engine.

1. To fail to hit, reach, catch, meet, or otherwise make contact with.

2. To fail to perceive, understand, or experience: completely missed the point of the film.

3. To fail to accomplish, achieve, or attain (a goal).

4. To fail to attend or perform: never missed a day of work.

5. To leave out; omit.

6. To let go by; let slip: miss a chance.

7. To escape or avoid: narrowly missed crashing into the tree.

8. To discover the absence or loss of: I missed my book after getting off the bus.

9. To feel the lack or loss of: Do you miss your family?

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