Miss

Definition: Miss

Miss

Noun

1. A young woman; "a young lady of 18".

2. A failure to hit (or meet or find etc).

Verb

1. Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said".

2. Feel or suffer from the lack of: "He misses his mother".

3. Fail to attend an event or activity: "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week".

4. Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten".

5. Fail to reach or get to: "She missed her train".

6. Be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!".

7. Fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target".

8. Fail to hit the intended target.

9. Be absent; "The child had been missing for a week".

10. : fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "miss" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Satire

Computing

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

MISS

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Miss

Desire

Want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do; would be glad of.

Error

Mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread; trip, stumble; (failure); botchery; (want of skill); slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip; slip of the pen; lapsus linguae, clerical error; bull; (absurdity); haplography.

Failure

Miss, miss one's aim, miss the mark, miss one's footing, miss stays; slip, trip, stumble; make a slip; n. blunder; make a mess of, make a botch of; bitch it, miscarry, abort, go up like a rocket and come down like the stick, come down in flames, get shot down, reckon without one's host; get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear; (blunder, mismanage).

Come to nothing, end in smoke; flat out ; fall to the ground, fall through, fall dead, fall stillborn, fall flat; slip through one's fingers; hang fire, miss fire; flash in the pan, collapse; topple down; (descent); go to wrack and ruin; (destruction).

Blunder; (mistake); fault, omission, miss, oversight, slip, trip, stumble, claudication, footfall; false step, wrong step; faux pas, b_vue, faute, lurch; botchery; (want of skill); scrape, mess, fiasco, breakdown; flunk.

Infant

Girl; lass, lassie; wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle; maid, maiden; virgin; hoyden.

Libertine

Adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie; woman, woman of the town; streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece; frail sisterhood; demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, minx, harridan; unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman; woman of easy virtue; (unchaste); wanton, fornicatress; Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette; demimonde; chippy; sapphist; spiritual wife; white slave.

Loss

Verb: lose; incur a loss, experience a loss, meet with a loss; miss; mislay, let slip, allow to slip through the fingers; be without; (exempt) a; forfeit.

Neglect

Slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink; table; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to; not mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget; be caught napping; (not expect); leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet.

Shortcoming

Break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out, come to nothing; fall through, fall to the ground; cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail; lose ground; miss stays.

Uncertainty

Lose the clue, lose the clew, scent; miss one's way.

Unintelligibility

Not understand; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of; be at sea; (uncertain); wonder; see through a glass darkly; (ignorance).

Unskillfulness

Cut blocks with a razor; (useless); fight with a shadow, grasp at a shadow; catch at straws, lean on a broken reed, reckon without one's host, pursue a wild goose chase; go on a fool's goose chase, sleeveless errand; go further and fare worse; lose one's way, miss one's way; fail.

Crosswords: Miss

Czech (Miss), German (Fraeulein), Swedish (fluff, foozle, fumble, mishit, Miss, muff), Tagalog (Miss).

No, go on Miss Daisy (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

Now look, Miss Lamont, Don and I (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

I don't know about you, Miss Kitty, but I feel so much yummier (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

I'm gonna miss bein' disreputable (Mission: Impossible; writing credit: Bruce Geller; David Koepp)

That way we'll miss out on Monday and come up smiling Tuesday morning (Withnail and I; writing credit: Bruce Robinson.)

And I don't want to miss a thing (I Don't Want To Miss A Thing; performing artist: AEROSMITH)

Miss me (Miss Me Blind; performing artist: Culture Club)

I really really miss you (Miss You Much; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Every hour of every day, I miss you like crazy, I miss you like crazy (Miss You Like Crazy; performing artist: Natalie Cole; writing credit: M. Masser, G. Foffin, P. Glass)

I got issues, but I know I miss you (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah)

It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. (references; author: Mark Twain)

How can I miss you if you won't go away? (references; author: unknown)

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. (references; author: unknown)

The best way to get back on your feet: Miss a car payment. (references; author: unknown)

The Miss Universe pageant is fixed. All the winners are from Earth. (references; author: unknown)

I miss my Swiss Miss. My Swiss Miss misses me. (references; author: unknown)

Miss Smith lisps as she talks and lists as she walks. (references; author: unknown)

Mix, Miss Mix! (references; author: unknown)

The myth of Miss Muffet. (references; author: unknown)

Oh!... Miss Bodie (1974)

We Love You Miss Kline (1974)

Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs (1974)

Memories Within Miss Aggie (1974)

Der Teufel in Miss Jonas (1974)

Miss You Much (performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Miss Independent (performing artist: KELLY CLARKSON)

I Miss You (performing artist: Klymaxx)

GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY  (performing artist: Little Richard )

YOU'RE GONNA MISS MY LOVIN' (performing artist: LOU RAWLS)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Miss Spider's ABC (Miss Spider) (reference)

• Miss Abernathy's Concise Slave Training Manual (reference)

• Training With Miss Abernathy: A Workbook for Erotic Slaves and Their Owners (reference)

• The Year of Miss Agnes (reference)

• Miss Ruby's American Cooking: From Boarder to Boar (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Brigitte Young Miss (reference)

• Miss Black America (reference)

• Ole Miss Spirit (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced (reference)

• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (reference)

• Miss Marple: Caribbean Mystery (reference)

• 1950s TV's Greatest Shows Featuring: The Jack Benny Program / Dragnet / The Burns and Allen Show / The Lone Ranger / The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet / Sea Hunt / The Red Skelton Show / Suspense / Our Miss Brooks / Mr. & Mrs. North / The Life of Riley (reference)

• Miss Congeniality (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Miss Saigon (Original 1989 London Cast) [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

• The Best of Miss Peggy Lee (reference)

• You're Gonna Miss Me [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Dr. Marian Sliwinski, Minister of Health of Poland on visit to CDC, March 19, 1973. (Interpreter, Miss Lidia Rytkowska.). Credit: CDC.

Nets and otterboards hanging outboard on the MISS EULA, a Vietnamese-American owned shrimp trawler operating in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Fisheries.

Miss Pearl Oyster dressed up for Anthony's Oyster Olympics. The Oyster Olympics helps celebrate clean Pacific waters. Credit: Fisheries.

"Thar she blows!!!" A little tough to miss seeing this one. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Senior Airman Julie Maxfield and 1st Lt. Karl Falk from the Air Force Material Command Top Dollar 2000 team work their way through the Tough Nut. All teams had 25 minutes to run the 15-obstacle course during competition held Dec. 7 to 11 in Gulfport, Miss.

Contract and finance specialists from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Top Dollar 2000 team aim their 9mm guns at their targets during competition held Dec. 7 to 11 in Gulfport, Miss. (P.; photo by Lynn Gonzales)..

Caption: Miss Brady, of the New York Edison Co., Demonstrating Ediphone at Pennsylvania Shorthand Reporters' Convention; Pennsylvania (PA); July, 1905; {29.320/47} (jpg).

U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital, Biloxi, Miss. : General view. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. Pubilc Health Service Hospital, Rolla, Miss. : Exterior view. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Ship's Sponsor, Miss Anna Hoch, with her parents and Maid of Honor at the launching ceremonies, 12 August 1905. Kansas was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corp. at Camden, New Jersey. Those present are (from left to right): Miss Ora Allen, Maid of Honor; Mrs. E.W. Hoch, mother of the Sponsor; Miss Anna Hoch; and The Honorable E.W. Hoch, Governor of Kansas and father of the Sponsor. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If therefore the executive, who has the power of convoking the legislative, observing rather the true proportion, than fashion of representation, regulates, not by old custom, but true reason, the number of members, in all places that have a right to be distinctly represented, which no part of the people however incorporated can pretend to, but in proportion to the assistance which it affords to the public, it cannot be judged to have set up a new legislative, but to have restored the old and true one, and to have rectified the disorders which succession of time had insensibly, as well as inevitably introduced: For it being the interest as well as intention of the people, to have a fair and equal representative; whoever brings it nearest to that, is an undoubted friend to, and establisher of the government, and cannot miss the consent and approbation of the community. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Miss Fairfax knows it is not from the Campbells, or they would have been guessed at first

Even the little boots did not miss their share of favourable criticism

In came the three Miss Fezziwigs, beaming and lovable

She was called (r)Mamselle Miss.

It can make you shoot at tax collectors, and miss.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Your child may miss some oral medications because of a gastrointestinal infection. (references)

Don't worry if you occasionally go off your diet or miss a planned exercise program. (references)

People miss work or school, go to the hospital, or even die because of their asthma. (references)

Business

Both China Mobile and China Unicom do not miss a single opportunity to give their customers a discount package. (references)

This group caters to the youthful and trendy consumer, and stores include Miss Selfridges, Richards, Wallis and Warehouse. (references)

Typically, exporters can entirely miss the point by using translations into Canadian French for material used in France and Belgium. (references)

Economic History

Australia

To ensure that regional and rural locations do not miss out, the "Networking the Nation" Commonwealth-funded grants system is providing funding to encourage e-commerce in these areas. (references)

Saudi Arabia

European companies in general, and German companies in particular, miss no opportunity to bid on Saudi government tenders through their local representatives, and to participate in local trade exhibitions. (references)

Vietnam

The government has recently acknowledged, however, that it expects growth this year to miss the target by, perhaps, a percentage point and the growth rate should roughly equate to that of 2000, 6.7 percent. (references)

Political Economy

POLAND

Increasingly restrictive fiscal and monetary policies reduced annual average inflation from 37 percent in 1993 to 10.1 percent in 2000. In 1999, average CPI inflation was 7.3 percent, but an acceleration in late 1999 and early 2000 led the MPC to miss its targets in both years. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

You should always address your contacts as Mr., Mrs., Ms. or Miss followed by the given name. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "miss": a near miss ♦ air miss ♦ cache miss ♦ hit or miss ♦ hit or miss affair ♦ it was a near miss ♦ little miss ♦ miss a beat ♦ miss a chance ♦ miss a friend ♦ miss an opportunity ♦ miss by oversleeping ♦ miss fire ♦ miss one another ♦ miss one's aim ♦ miss one's chance ♦ miss one's connection ♦ miss one's foot ♦ miss one's footing ♦ miss one's mark ♦ miss one's step ♦ miss one's train ♦ miss one's way ♦ miss out ♦ miss out on ♦ miss out on smth. ♦ miss ratio ♦ miss smb. ♦ miss smb.'s grip ♦ miss someone ♦ miss stays ♦ miss the boat ♦ miss the bus ♦ miss the chance ♦ miss the flight ♦ miss the mark ♦ miss the opportunity ♦ miss the plane ♦ miss the point ♦ miss the target ♦ miss the train ♦ miss the way ♦ miss with ♦ near miss ♦ not to miss ♦ To miss stays ♦ White Sands Miss. Additional references.

Beginning with "miss": miss-heard, miss-hit, miss-ing, miss-ish, miss-nothing, Miss-of-the-manor, miss-pass, miss-spelt.

Ending with "miss": ex-miss, near-miss.

Containing "miss": blink-and-you'll-miss-him, blink-and-you'll-miss-it, little-miss-never-forgets, poor-miss-taylor-that-was.

Afrikaans

Mejuffrou (spinster, unmarried, unmarried woman), Mej. (spinster, unmarried, unmarried woman), juffrou (spinster, unmarried, unmarried woman). (various references)

Albanian

Mungesë (absence, absentness, dearth, deficiency, deficit, destitution, lack, non-attendance, poverty, scarcity, shortcoming, short-fall, want, Wantage), Mosgoditje Në Shenjë, Më Merr Malli (feel blue), Vajzë (babe, chicken, child, colleen, damsel, daughter, demoiselle, female, gal, girl, girlie, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, petticoat, puss, unmarried girl, wench), Gabim (balk, baulk, boob, delinquency, delusion, error, fallacy, false step, fault, flub, frailty, gaffe, lapse, Lapsus, misdoing, misstep, mistake, slip, slip up, trip), Harroj (condone, disremember, fail, forget, leave behind, leave out, omit, wipe out), Humb (disappear, forfeit, lose, mislay, waste), Humbas (drop, lose, miss out on, reave, reive, waste), Humbje (blow, come down, damage, defeat, deprivation, disappearance, draft, draught, flight, forfeiture, leak, leakage, losing, losings, loss, losses, passing, privation, wastage, waste), Lë (allow, break off, chuck, cut, drop, dump, give up, grant, jilt, jump, leave, let, let by, omit, overjump, overleap, Park, pass up, permit, put, quit, release, relinquish, resign, tek pupa, vacate, yield), Dal Bosh, Shmangie (aberration, avoidance, declination, deflection, deflexion, departure, deviation, divergence, divergency, diversion, elusion, evasion, fencing, forbear, forbearance, jink, Parry, sidestep, swerve), Zonjushë, Ndjej Mungesën, Nuk Qëlloj Në Shenjë, Nuk Vë Re (disregard, look over, overlook, overpass, pass by, pass over, pretermit), Shkarje (creep, fault, faux pas, glissade, skid, slide, sliding, slip), Shmangem (circumvent, deflect, depart, deviate, diverge, dodge, duck, escape, eschew, fence, fend off, fight shy of, forbear, funk, give a wide berth, glance, jink, jump, keep one's distance, leapfrog, Parry, refrain, shirk, shun, sidestep, steer clear of, tergiversate, wander), Lajthitje (aberration, craze, error, miscount, mistake, oversight). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوته كذا, ‏فات (miss out on, outdistance), ‏فشل (balk, be failed, be unable to do, be unsuccessful, come to nothing, cower, defeat, dud, fail, failure, fiasco, fizzle out, flop, frustration, go awry, go wrong, lose courage, lose ground, lose heart, make a hash of it, miscarry, miss fire, miss the mark, torpedo, trip up, unsuccess, washout), ‏ملكة جمال (queen), ‏نسى (cause to forget, forget, leave, omit, overlook, sink, slur, unlearn), ‏تجنب (avert, avoid, avoidance, bypass, ditch, duck, eschew, eschewal, evade, evasion, fence, fight shy of, flee, get round, give a wide berth, hide, obviate, outrun, parry, put off, save, shirk, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, steer clear of, waive), ‏خفق (baulk, beat, beating, bust, collapse, come, come to grief, dilute, fall, fizzle out, flap, flummox, flunk, go by the board, go wrong, goof, misfire, muddle, pit-a-pat, pound, pulsate, pulsation, throb, whip), ‏خلل الإشتعال, ‏خطأ (balk, error, fault, flaw, inaccuracy, misconception, mistake, stumble), ‏إفتقد, ‏إخفاق (baulk, bust, deadlock, failure, fizzle out, frost, lemon, miscarriage, screw, setback, smash, turkey, unsuccess, wall, wrack), ‏أخطأ (err, fluff, fumble, go wrong, goof, make a mistake, misfire, mistake, sin, slip, stumble, trip up), ‏آنسة (damsel, girl, maid, ms., young lady). (various references)

Basque

etsipenaz oroitu (miss to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

Не Успявам Да Хвана, Избавям Се От, Избягвам, Госпожица, Госпожичка, Липсва Ми, Аборт, Забелязвам Отсъствието На, Не Срещам, Не Улучвам, Изпускам, Не Успявам Да Достигна, чувствувам Отсъствието На, Не Успявам Да Задържа, Не Намирам, Не Заварвам, Не Постигам Целта Си, Несполучлив Удар, Неуспех, Мис, Помятане, Пропускам, Не Успявам Да Взема. (various references)

Catalan

srta. (various references)

Chinese 

蹉 (err, error, slip), 错过 (missed, missing), 想念 (long to see again, remember with longing), 思念 (long for, think of), 小姐 (young lady), 失誤 (lapse), 失掉 (lose). (various references)

Croatian

gospoðica. (various references)

Czech

Minout (overpass, pass, pass off), Miss, Mississippi (Mississippi), Prohlédnout (examine, go through, inspect, overlook, peruse, review, test, visit), Dívka (date, girl, wench), Nechytit, paní uèitelko, chybět, postrádat (desiderate, lack, spare), Zameškat, Propást, Rána Vedle, Sleèna (damsel, lady, maid, young lady), sleèno (madam), slečna, Střelit Vedle, Vynechat (cut, cut out, drop a line, leave out, miss out, omit, overpass, pass, sit out, skip, stay off), Přeslechnout. (various references)

Danish

frøken. (various references)

Dutch

missen (lack), mislopen. (various references)

Esperanto

maltrafi, fraŭlino (spinster, unmarried woman), fra—lino. (various references)

Estonian

preili. (various references)

Faeroese

genta (girl, lass, spinster, unmarried woman, wench), frúgv (lady, madam, Mrs., spinster, unmarried woman), frøkun (spinster, unmarried woman). (various references)

Farsi 

فاقدبودن(.n):دوشیزه , نداشتن (Lack, Want), گم کردن (Bewilder, Lose, Mislay, Misplace, Tine), خطاکردن (Bunlge, Err, Goof, Overshoot, Sin), احساس فقدان چیزی راکردن . (various references)

Finnish

neiti. (various references)

French

Rater (misfire), Manquer (be missing), Mademoiselle. (various references)

French Canadian

mademoiselle. (various references)

Frisian

frijster (spinster, unmarried woman). (various references)

German

vermissen (to miss), Fräulein (mademoiselle, signorina, young lady), verfehlen, Versäumen (fail, lose, neglect, overstay, to overstay), Verpassen (leave out, level, lose, make have, omit, overlook, waste), Fehlschuss. (various references)

Greek 

χάνω (lose, lose out, mislay, muff, throw away). (various references)

Haitian Creole

madmwazèl. (various references)

Hebrew 

ֲברת (Dame, Madame), ּפקוד, ּהתעלם, ּהתגעגע, ּהשמיט, ּהחטיא, ִמנעות, ִחטאה, התגעגע (long), גברת (lady, ma'am, Madam, ms.). (various references)

Hungarian

kisasszony (damsel, demoiselle, missy), ifjú hölgy (demoiselle). (various references)

Icelandic

sakna. (various references)

Indonesian

nyonya (ma'am, madam, mistress), nona (missy), kelupaan (forget something, forgetfulness). (various references)

Italian

Signorina (girl, madam, mademoiselle, missy, ms, signorina, young lady). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ミシン糸 (automatic transmission, beauty contest to name Miss Xxxxx, crop circle, mediocracy, medium, medium rare, medium size, Mick, middy, middy look, midget, midget house, midi, midi communication, midnight, midnight blue, midnight show, MIPS, MIS, miscasting, miserable, misery index, misfortune, misjudgement, mislead, mis-match, misprint, mission, mission school, Missouri, mist, mistake, mister, mistral, misty, misunderstanding, mitochondria, mitt, Mitterrand, mix, mixed doubles, mixed juice, mixed media, Mr, Mrs, Ms., mysterious, mystery, mystery circle, mysticism, mystification, myth, sewing cotton, transvestite), フロー制御 (FD, floor, floor director, floor lady, floor lamp, floor limit, floor manager, floor price, floor show, flooring, floor-plan, flow control, Floyd, follower), 抜かり (blunder, oversight, slip), 外れ (end, extremity, failure, outskirts, tip, verge). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ミス (MIS, myth), フロイライン , ぬかり (blunder, oversight, slip), はずれ (end, extremity, failure, outskirts, tip, verge). (various references)

Korean 

미스 (Misses). (various references)

Luxembourgish

joffer. (various references)

Malagasy

tompoko. (various references)

Manx

Inneen seyr, goll shaghey (elapse, get beyond, go by, pass by, roll by, slip by), goaill foddeeaght son, faagail magh (drop off, except, leave out, rule out), drogh-orraghey, cur cor-vuilley er, cronnaghey (check over, detect, determine, observe, perceive, scan), cor-vuilley (hook), ben aeg (girl, maid, young woman). (various references)

Norwegian

savne, sakne, frøken (madam). (various references)

Occitan

languir (de). (various references)

Papiamen

yefrou (spinster, unmarried woman), soltera (spinster, unmarried woman), señorita (spinster, unmarried woman, virgin). (various references)

Pig Latin

issmay.(various references)

Polish

panna (spinster, thou, unmarried woman, ye, you). (various references)

Portuguese

falhar (balk, boss, conk out, fail, flop, lapse, mammock, miscarry, muff, mull, peter out, slump, smash, stumble). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

senhora (lady, ma'am, madam, woman). (various references)

Romanian

Nu Înţelege, domnişoara (spinster, unmarried woman), Domnişoarã (damsel, girl, maid of honor, maid of honour, young lady), Fatã (child, chit, damsel, daughter, girl, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, puss, skirt, virgin), Fetiţã Micã, Greşi (be in error, be mistaken, do wrong to smb., err, fail, make a mistake, mistake, nod, overshoot, sin, slip, stand in error, transgress, trespass), I Fi Dor De, domniºoara, Nereuşitã (break down, fail, failing, failure, lame duck, miscarriage, naught, phlizz, rottenness), Trage În Gol, Nu Nimeri (overshoot), Nu Reuşi (abort, fail, fall, fall short of, fall through, flop, miscarry, slip up), Pierde (balk, baulk, blunder away, cast away, chuck away, consume, dally away, disappear, drop, lose, lose out, muddle away, relinquish, ruin, spill, throw away, waste), Rãtãci (linger, loiter, lose, meander, ramble, rove, straggle, stroll), Sãri (Bob, bounce, bound, break, caper, dance, dap, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, leave out, lop, lope, rebound, skip, spirt, splash, spout, spring, spurt, start), Scãpa (acquit, break free, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, dodge, drop, escape, fail, filter, fly off, get free, get out of, jettison, leak, let slip, loose, loosen, obviate, omit, pass up, purge, put back, release, relieve, rescue, rid, save, slip), Simţi Lipsã, Insucces (abortion, bad job, failure, flop, licking, plough, rebuff). (various references)

Romansch

manchentar (to miss). (various references)

Russian 

Недоставать, Скучать, Барышня, Выкидыш, Девочка, Любовница, Соскучиться, Не Достичь Цели, Осечка, Мисс, Потеря, Пропустить, Промах (Boner), Промахнуться (Mull), Отсутствие, Упускать. (various references)

Scottish

ionntraich. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

propustiti (leave out, let by, lose, miss out, omit, pass, pass through, skip, throw away), promašiti (miscarry), promašaj (fault), nedostajati, ne uspeti (miss out), gospođica (damsel, demoiselle, mademoiselle, missy). (various references)

Slovene

gospodièna. (various references)

Somali

inanta. (various references)

Spanish

perder (balk, baulk, blunder away, drop, forfeit, have away, idle away, loiter away, lose, lose out, mislay, misplace, misspend, muff, pip, ruin, shed, unmeet, waste), señorita (demoiselle, madam, mademoiselle, missy, Mrs., ms.). (various references)

Swedish

sakna (be destitute of, be lacking in, desiderate, lack, lack for, regret, want), Missa (foozle, fumble, lose, muff, nod off, overshoot), Fröken (madam, Mademoiselle, ms., spinster, teacher, unmarried woman, waitress, young lady). (various references)

Tagalog

miss. (various references)

Thai

สถานการณ์หวุดหวิด (near miss), อย่างไม่ระมัดระวัง (anyhow, hit and miss). (various references)

Turkish

Bayan (Dame, female, lady, lady's, madam, Madame, missis, mistre