to miss a ball

  • 51miss — I UK [mɪs] / US verb Word forms miss : present tense I/you/we/they miss he/she/it misses present participle missing past tense missed past participle missed *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to fail to hit or reach something that you aim at The …

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  • 52Miss Chinatown USA — The court of Miss Chinatown USA 2010 The Miss Chinatown USA pageant, based on Chinese communities within the U.S., greets delegates around the country. The pageant has been an annual Lunar New Year event since 1958. The winners of this pageant… …

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  • 53ball — ball1 baller, n. /bawl/, n. 1. a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball. 2. a round or roundish body, of various sizes and materials, either hollow or solid, for use in games, as… …

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  • 54ball — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 round object in games ADJECTIVE ▪ bowling, cricket, golf, ping pong/Ping Pong™, rugby, soccer (esp. AmE), tennis, etc. ▪ …

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  • 55miss*/*/*/ — [mɪs] verb I 1) [I/T] to fail to catch, hit, or reach something I tried to catch the ball but missed.[/ex] An official said that the missiles had missed their targets.[/ex] 2) [T] to fail to be present for someone or something I had to miss a… …

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  • 56Miss Asian America — Not to be confused with Miss National Asia. The preliminary round to the 1986 Miss Asian America Pageant. The Miss Asian America Pageant is a nationwide pageant founded in 1980 by Rose Chung with a mission to showcase young Asian American women… …

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  • 57Ball Four — Infobox Book name = Ball Four image caption = author = Jim Bouton country = USA language = English subject = baseball genre = autobiography publisher = Dell Publishing pub date = Start date|1971|2 media type = Print (Paperback) pages = 371 (first …

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  • 58miss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fail; omit, skip, overlook; avoid; escape; lose. See failure, neglect, desire, loss. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A failure] Syn. slip, blunder, mishap; see error 1 , mistake 2 . 2. [A young woman] Syn.… …

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  • 59miss — I 1. verb 1) the shot missed her by inches Syn: fail to hit, be/go wide of, fall short of Ant: hit 2) Mandy missed the ball Syn: fail to catch, drop, fumble, bobble …

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  • 60ball — I. vb American 1. to have sex (with). An American term which, apart from a brief vogue in the hippy era, has rarely been used in Britain or Australia. Originally an item of black argot, it gained wider popularity in the early 1960s and, as its… …

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