touché

[ too-shey ]

/ tuˈʃeɪ /

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interjection

Fencing. (an expression used to indicate a hit or touch.)

(an expression used for acknowledging a telling remark or rejoinder.)

Nearby words

touchscreen, touchstone, touchwood, touchy, touchy-feely, touché, touggourt, tough, tough break, tough it out, tough love

Origin of touché

1920–25; < French: literally, touched

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Examples from the Web for touche

Seulement, cette originalit, par bien des saillies, touche celle de Tristan Corbire.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Ce gage d'amitié plus qu'un autre me touche: Un serrement de main vaut dix serments de bouche.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
Then, without allowing him time to shape an answer, "Touche!"
The Cardinal's Snuff-Box|Henry Harland
Tout autre malheur ne me touche plus fortement: mais celui-l me touche au cur et aux entrailles.
Wagner as I Knew Him|Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger

So I call that triangle drawen in a circle, whose corners do touche the circumference of the circle.
The Path-Way to Knowledg|Robert Record

British Dictionary definitions for touche

touché

/ (tuːˈʃeɪ) /

interjection

an acknowledgment that a scoring hit has been made in a fencing competition

an acknowledgment of the striking home of a remark or the capping of a witticism

Word Origin for touché

from French, literally: touched

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