Form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
Form of address for a teacher or a waitress.
A failure to hit.
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
(usually used with the verb give) An act of avoidance
(computing) The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
An unmarried woman; a girl.
A kept woman; a mistress.
(card games) 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.
(transitive, intransitive) To fail to hit.
(transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.
(transitive) To avoid; to escape.
(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
(transitive) To fail to understand;
(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
(transitive) To fail to attend.
(transitive) To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
(transitive) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
(transitive, slang) To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
(poker, said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
(sports) To fail to score (a goal).