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I just think that it's such a good show and timeless and still very funny, and that just makes me happy to have that whole first season in one concentrated space for people to enjoy so that it's not hit and miss trying to find it in syndication always.
Jenna Elfman

Meaning of "hit and miss" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIT AND MISS

hit and miss  [hɪt ənd mɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIT AND MISS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hit and miss is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIT AND MISS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hit and miss in the English dictionary

The definition of hit and miss in the dictionary is unpredictable; sometimes successful, sometimes unsuccessful.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIT AND MISS


Amis
ˈeɪmɪs
amiss
əˈmɪs
Artemis
ˈɑːtɪmɪs
camis
ˈkæmɪs
commis
ˈkɒmɪs
dermis
ˈdɜːmɪs
dismiss
dɪsˈmɪs
emys
ˈɛmɪs
epidermis
ˌɛpɪˈdɜːmɪs
epididymis
ˌɛpɪˈdɪdɪmɪs
kermis
ˈkɜːmɪs
kirmess
ˈkɜːmɪs
miss
mɪs
pomace
ˈpʌmɪs
premise
ˈprɛmɪs
premiss
ˈprɛmɪs
promise
ˈprɒmɪs
pumice
ˈpʌmɪs
remiss
rɪˈmɪs
Themis
ˈθiːmɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIT AND MISS

hit a brick wall
hit back
hit it
hit it off
hit list
hit man
hit off
hit on
hit one´s straps
hit or miss
hit out
hit parade
hit rate
hit show
hit single
hit skins
hit squad
hit the buffers
hit the deck
hit the hay

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIT AND MISS

air miss
Cheremiss
demiss
give something a miss
hit-and-miss
hit or miss
junior miss
koumiss
kumiss
near miss
submiss
take amiss
take something amiss

Synonyms and antonyms of hit and miss in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hit and miss» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIT AND MISS

Find out the translation of hit and miss to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hit and miss from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hit and miss» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

碰运气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inconsistente
570 millions of speakers

English

hit and miss
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मारा और याद आती है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضرب ويغيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

как попало
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bater e perder
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আঘাত এবং মিস্
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hit and miss
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memukul dan terlepas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hit and miss
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒットとミス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마구잡이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pencet lan kantun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhấn và bỏ lỡ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெற்றி மற்றும் மிஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिट आणि चुकणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Vur ve kaçır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colpito e perdere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na chybił trafił
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

як попало
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lovit și dor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hit and miss
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

getref en mis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hit och miss
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drops
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hit and miss

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIT AND MISS»

The term «hit and miss» is very widely used and occupies the 12.328 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hit and miss

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3 QUOTES WITH «HIT AND MISS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hit and miss.
1
Thomas Haden Church
But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.
2
Jenna Elfman
I just think that it's such a good show and timeless and still very funny, and that just makes me happy to have that whole first season in one concentrated space for people to enjoy so that it's not hit and miss trying to find it in syndication always.
3
Carly Rae Jepsen
I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIT AND MISS»

Discover the use of hit and miss in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hit and miss and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hit andMiss”; or, All My Eye and Betty Martyn! An ... ...
ALL. MY. EYE. AND. BE'TTY. MARTYN. An extra'vagantly absurd Operatic Extravaganza, in One Act and Five Scenes; the Music being selected from “L'(Eil Creve',” by M. HERVE (on which this is founded), and arranged by Mr. ELLIS, Musical ...
Francis Cowley Burnand, 1868
2
Handbook of Computer Vision Algorithms in Image Algebra
The hit-and-miss transform (HMT) is a natural operation to select out pixels that have certain geometric properties such as corner points, isolated points, boundary points, etc. In addition, the HMT performs template matching, thinning,  ...
Joseph N. Wilson, Gerhard X. Ritter, 2000
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Digital Image Processing
As the hit and miss masks of the hit-miss operator are disjunct, they can be combined into one mask using a hit (1), miss (-1), and don't care (0) notation. The combined mask is marked by 1 where the hit mask is one, by 0 where the miss mask ...
Bernd Jähne, 2005
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Machine Vision Algorithms in Java: Techniques and Implementation
(b) Input image A. (c) AQB. (d) (AQB)c. (e) Ac . (f) Ac ® B. This is equivalent to the image illustrated in (d). 4.1.2 Hit-and-Miss Transform This morphological transform is used to select pixels with certain geometric properties (e.g., corners) while ...
Paul F. Whelan, Derek Molloy, 2001
5
Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Sampling
Verify that the sample average and sample variance are “close” to their theoretical values of 2 and 4, respectively. 1.6. Hit-and-Miss. The hit-and-miss method [45, 165, 391] is an alternative to Monte Carlo integration. It works as follows.
Christiane Lemieux, 2009
6
Mathematical Morphology in Image Processing
The Scalar Hit-and-Miss Transform as a Thresholded Convolution The scalar hit- and-miss transform defined by Serra can be written in terms of the thresholded convolution form of the binary rank-order filter according to definition (1.8): ...
Edward Dougherty, 1992
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Introduction to Energy Conversion
In the governing method, the ratio of air to fuel is maintained constant and the amount of mixture entering the cylinder per cycle is varied. Gas valve Cam Inertia mass -Rocker arm Fig. 4-11. Hit-and-miss governing. In the hit-and-miss method,  ...
V. Kadambi, Manohar Prasad, 1974
8
Building Stairs
You can make the division using the "hit and miss" method, or you can use a more technical approach. My hit and miss way begins with a line snapped across the plywood from corner to corner, from Point A to Point B (see the left drawing).
Fine Homebuilding, 2004
9
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
/d/'om are/make a hit with informal If you are/make a hit with someone, they like you a lot from the time that they first meet you: You 've made a big hit with my dad - he hasn t stopped talking about you. hit-and-miss /.hit.an'mis/ adjective (also ...
‎2008
10
Construction Methods and Planning
The horizontal timbering can be positioned to fit the ground conditions met at the time, i.e. close timbering can be reduced if the ground is found to be stiffer than expected, to hit and miss or even wider spacing. 3. There is a retrieval capability  ...
J.R. Illingworth, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIT AND MISS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hit and miss is used in the context of the following news items.
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Countdown to Purdue football camp: Defensive line
Howard does too, but he's still hit and miss with his effort and execution. Questions remain at the end spots. Panfil gets the first crack, and ... «Journal and Courier, Jul 15»
2
July heat rolls on | Local News - Home
A few scattered storms may develop Thursday night for far western Kansas, but they will be very hit and miss. Look for very hot temperatures ... «KWCH, Jul 15»
3
9 things we learned from 24 hours with Apple Pay, from loose limits …
Whether your bank is on there is a bit hit and miss, though. Well, if you bank with HSBC or Barclays, like I do, Apple Pay day was something of a ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
4
Looking to build off alumni support - Star Beacon: Local Sports
It is a little bit more hit and miss with that group in terms of getting kids there usually. So, we think that maybe having it on Friday night might be ... «The Star Beacon, Jul 15»
5
Pwllheli fake tan fan invents own brand to turn golden brown - Daily …
“Some of them were hit and miss and it was only when we found a mix that we were all happy with that we settled on that one. “I love it as well ... «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
6
The element that should keep Anacor Pharma soaring - MarketWatch
Obviously the area of drug development can be hit and miss and involves a lot of risk. However, at least based on these latest trial results, ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
7
Creating consistency in Ontario wines - Niagara This Week
But for the most part, it's a hit and miss opportunity. How do you create, on a consistent, annual basis, a wine that is full-bodied and rich?". «Niagarathisweek.com, Jul 15»
8
FORECAST: Finally no rain, but get ready for the heat - wave3.com …
The bad news - don't expect much sunshine until later this afternoon, more so before sunset, and even at that it will be hit and miss. The sky will ... «WAVE 3, Jul 15»
9
$1,000-per-pill drug overtaken by pricier successor - Longview …
Previous treatments were hit and miss, and many patients couldn't tolerate the side effects. But newfound choice doesn't seem to have led to ... «Longview News-Journal, Jul 15»
10
Amazon: Two decades in and just getting started | The Drum
... Amazon has ballooned to dominate ecommerce since it went pubic in 1997, its endeavours beyond that core service have been hit and miss, ... «The Drum, Jul 15»

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