(idiomatic) A perfect, ideal or suitable female mate or wife.

(now chiefly US) Inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing.

(now chiefly UK) Alternative form of hit-or-miss

(of a projectile) To fail to hit the target. / (figuratively) To fail to achieve the intended result.

To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed. / (chiefly Britain) To leave out, to omit.

(intransitive) To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.

To allow an advantageous opportunity to pass by.

Dated form of misfire.

a miss which was nearly a hit or collision / (by extension) a scenario which ends safely but might well have ended in disaster

To fail to grasp the meaning of an utterance or situation.