Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to acknowledge a hit in fencing or a successful criticism or an effective point in argument.
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- interjection fencing An
acknowledgement of ahit . - interjection An acknowledgement of the
success ,appropriateness , orsuperiority of anargument ordiscussion .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from past participle of toucher, to hit or wound in fencing, from Old French touchier, to touch; see touch.]
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From French, past participle of toucher ("to touch"). More at touch.
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