Touché Definition & Meaning

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Synonyms touché American [too-shey] / tuˈʃeɪ /

interjection

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

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

touché British / 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

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Etymology

Origin of touché

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

Example Sentences

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Affiliates of the Big Four firms, which also include Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche, and KPMG, audit a majority of listed Japanese firms, an industry board said in a report last year.

From Barron's

Hardcore band Touché Amoré played a dozen shows at Chain Reaction from 2009 to 2019, including their first ever headlining set with Joyce Manor opening in May 2010, so lead singer Jeremy Bolm is as good as any when it comes to a reliable source on the subject.

From Los Angeles Times

Right before the COVID-19 lockdown, Touché Amoré played what would be their final stop at Chain Reaction on tour for the 10th anniversary of their first record, “...To the Beat of a Dead Horse.”

From Los Angeles Times

“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.”

From Literature

“Touché, all you obnoxious parents.”

From Los Angeles Times

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• degradation
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