| gaffe | | |
| n. (act) | 1. faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism | a socially awkward or tactless act. |
| ~ blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, bloomer, fuckup, pratfall | an embarrassing mistake. |
| miss | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman | a young woman.; "a young lady of 18" |
| ~ babe, sister, baby | (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women. |
| ~ belle | a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals.; "she was the belle of the ball" |
| ~ bimbo | a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men. |
| ~ chachka, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke | (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman. |
| ~ chit | a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect.; "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class"; "she's a saucy chit" |
| ~ colleen | an Irish girl. |
| ~ dame, wench, chick, doll, bird, skirt | informal terms for a (young) woman. |
| ~ flapper | a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress. |
| ~ gal | alliterative term for girl (or woman). |
| ~ gamine | a girl of impish appeal. |
| ~ gibson girl | the idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson. |
| ~ jeune fille, lass, lassie, young girl | a girl or young woman who is unmarried. |
| ~ maiden, maid | an unmarried girl (especially a virgin). |
| ~ may queen, queen of the may | the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival. |
| ~ mill-girl | a girl who works in a mill. |
| ~ party girl | an attractive young woman hired to attend parties and entertain men. |
| ~ peri | a beautiful and graceful girl. |
| ~ ring girl | a young woman who holds up cards indicating the number of the next round at prize fights. |
| ~ rosebud | (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl. |
| ~ sex bomb, sex kitten, sexpot | a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal. |
| ~ shop girl | a young female shop assistant. |
| ~ soubrette | a pert or flirtatious young girl. |
| ~ sweater girl | a girl with an attractive bust who wears tight sweaters. |
| ~ hoyden, tomboy, romp | a girl who behaves in a boyish manner. |
| ~ valley girl | a girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley. |
| ~ adult female, woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
| ~ working girl | a young woman who is employed. |
| n. (event) | 2. misfire, miss | a failure to hit (or meet or find etc). |
| ~ failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose.; "the surprise party was a complete failure" |
| n. (communication) | 3. miss | a form of address for an unmarried woman. |
| ~ form of address, title of respect, title | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'.; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title" |
| v. (perception) | 4. lose, miss | 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" |
| ~ overlook | look past, fail to notice. |
| v. (emotion) | 5. miss | feel or suffer from the lack of.; "He misses his mother" |
| ~ regret, rue, repent | feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about. |
| ~ regret | feel sad about the loss or absence of. |
| ~ desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| v. (stative) | 6. miss | fail to attend an event or activity.; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week" |
| ~ fail, neglect | fail to do something; leave something undone.; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" |
| ~ skip, cut | intentionally fail to attend.; "cut class" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit | leave undone or leave out.; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" |
| ~ forget | forget to do something.; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" |
| ~ pass over, skip, skip over, jump | bypass.; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" |
| v. (motion) | 8. miss | fail to reach or get to.; "She missed her train" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| v. (stative) | 9. lack, miss | be without.; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" |
| ~ want | be without, lack; be deficient in.; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter" |
| ~ exclude | lack or fail to include.; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages" |
| v. (contact) | 10. miss | fail to reach.; "The arrow missed the target" |
| ~ overshoot | shoot beyond or over (a target). |
| ~ undershoot | shoot short of or below (a target). |
| v. (stative) | 11. miss | be absent.; "The child had been missing for a week" |
| v. (communication) | 12. escape, miss | fail to experience.; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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