Miss
//mɪs//
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Proper Noun
The word "miss" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.
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I miss you I never miss Miss Ann Miss Emma Miss Fidditch Miss Girl Miss Havishamesque Miss Lucy Miss Piggy Miss Thang Miss Thing a miss is as good as a mile airmiss amiss blink-and-you'll-miss-it blink-and-you-miss-it earnings miss give something a miss hit-and-miss hit-or-miss hit-or-miss transform junior miss misfire miss a beat miss a trick miss fire miss off miss one's guess miss one's tip miss oneself miss out miss someone's point miss stays miss the boat miss the bus miss the forest for the trees miss the mark miss the memo miss the point miss the wood for the trees miss the woods for the trees miss-meal colic missable misshood missie missing missish missout near miss not know what one is missing schoolmiss swing and a miss you don't miss the water till the well runs dry you miss 100% of the shots you don't take you never miss the water till the well runs dry you never miss the water until the well runs dry
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absence accomplish address attend avoidance baseball baseball swing cache deadline describing describing female err error evade fail fail hit failure feeling female female honorific female single female title forgetting formal formal address formality girl hand hit hit or honorific kept woman lack lady late load lonely lonely feeling longing loo madam missis missy mistress motion nostalgia obtain off off target overshoot overshoot target perception player present problem regret respect score shortcoming single single lady single woman swing target title transportation understand unmarried unmarried female unmarried woman wanting woman young young female young girl young ladies young lady young woman
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