touché - 3 dictionary results
tou⋅ché
[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.) |
Origin:
1920–25; < F: lit., touched
1920–25; < F: lit., touched
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| tou·ché (tōō-shā') interj. Used to acknowledge a hit in fencing or a successful criticism or an effective point in argument. [French, from past participle of toucher, to hit or wound in fencing, from Old French touchier, to touch; see touch.] |
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touché
1904, "exclamation acknowledging a hit in fencing," from Fr. touché, pp. of toucher, from O.Fr. touchier "to hit" (see touch).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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