Verb

(es)

(ambitransitive) To fail to hit.

I missed the target.

I tried to kick the ball, but missed .

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss .

* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)

Flying bullets now, / To execute his rage, appear too slow; / They miss , or sweep but common souls away.

To fail to achieve or attain.

to miss an opportunity

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.

To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret.

I miss you! Come home soon!

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss .

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The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.

To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.

miss the joke

To fail to attend.

Joe missed the meeting this morning.

To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).

I missed the plane!

(sports) To fail to score (a goal).

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport

, title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , passage=Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.}}

(obsolete) To go wrong; to err.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

Amongst the angels, a whole legion / Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss; / What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss ?

(obsolete) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

What here shall miss , our toil shall strive to mend.

Verb

(flopp)

To fall heavily, because lacking energy.

He flopped down in front of the television as he was exhausted from work.

(Charles Dickens)

To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.).

The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.

(sports) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)

It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.

While Stern chastised Vogel for on Thursday calling the Heat "the biggest flopping team in the NBA," he did intimate that he sees merit in the sentiment.

To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.

The brim of a hat flops .