Part of speech: nountitle / form of address
1 (Miss) used before the family name, or the first and family name, of a woman who is not married, in order to speak or write to her politely:
That's all, thank you, Miss Lipman. (old-fashioned or formal) the Misses Hill
compareMRS, MS
2 (Miss) a title given to the winner of a beauty contest in a particular country, town, etc:
Miss America / Miss Brighton * the Miss World contest
3 (Miss) (informal, spoken) used especially by men to address a young woman when they do not know her name:
Will that be all, Miss?
4 (Miss) (BrE, spoken) used as a form of address by children in some schools to a woman teacher, whether she is married or not:
Good morning, Miss!
compareSIR
5 (old-fashioned) a girl or young woman
not hit
6 a failure to hit, catch or reach sth:
He scored two goals and had another two near misses.
IDIOMS
give sth a miss (informal, especially BrE) to decide not to do sth, eat sth, etc:
I think I'll give badminton a miss tonight.
