Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive & transitive verb To engage in typing or type (a document, for example) without having to look at the keyboard, the fingers having been trained to locate the keys by position.
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- verb To
type with akeyboard ortypewriter while not looking at it.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb type without looking at the keyboard
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Examples
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Plenty of us can touch-type really fast but not on a smooth glass screen. —
Can the Touch Revive Apple’s iPod Sales? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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It's almost impossible to touch-type without some form of tactical feedback.
Do You Need A Physical Keyboard On Your Phone? | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I can touch-type but was not allowed to because of Force edict; the typist controlled a bottle-neck of bureaucracy and so weilded immense power in proportion to status.
A Fire Raging in Islington Newmania 2007
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Until you can touch-type on a touchscreen not even sure how that'd work, I would insist on a physical keyboard.
Do You Need A Physical Keyboard On Your Phone? | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Thomas was also the prime motivation for him to teach himself how to read, how to type (touch-type, no less), and how to search and browse the internet.
Boing Boing 2007
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Two in five Japanese basically touch-type | 世論 What Japan Thinks
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The man working on it doesn't seem to know how to touch-type.
India's 50-MPG Tata Nano: Auto Solution or Pollution? By Scott Carney 2008
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But its 7 screen is a 1024 x 600 touch-type with a swivel that allows the unit to be turned into a tablet PC.
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But its 7 screen is a 1024 x 600 touch-type with a swivel that allows the unit to be turned into a tablet PC.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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The man working on it doesn't seem to know how to touch-type.
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