touché

[too-shey]

interjection

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

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

touché

/ tuːˈʃeɪ /

interjection

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of touché¹

First recorded in 1920–25; from French: literally, “touched”

Word History and Origins

Origin of touché¹

from French, literally: touched

Example Sentences

“Touché, Miss Lumley. Your years at Swanburne have given you impressive powers of observation and deduction. As it happens, the ancestry of the Quinzys and that of the Ashtons are intimately linked. As is true of many old English families, of course.”

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“Touché, all you obnoxious parents.”

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“Touché mais pas coulé,” Dupont wrote in French - “Hit but not sunk” - a reference to the naval battle board game “Touché Coulé.”

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Between noon and 5 p.m., local LGBTQ+ artists including drag artist Gina Touche and music artist Yuelan will take the stage in Redmond’s Downtown Park.

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Sinwell is vice chair and senior partner at Deloitte & Touche.

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