touché
Americaninterjection
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Fencing. (an expression used to indicate a hit or touch.)
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(an expression used for acknowledging a telling remark or rejoinder.)
interjection
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an acknowledgment that a scoring hit has been made in a fencing competition
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an acknowledgment of the striking home of a remark or the capping of a witticism
Etymology
Origin of touché
First recorded in 1920–25; from French: literally, “touched”
Example Sentences
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Well, touché, gents, but a correction: neither of you is all that.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2013
To which I can only reply that I am both touched and touché.
From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2012
To have written about Mr. Allen’s work is, inevitably, to be counted among Jerry’s “many,” and so I can only say touché, amen, and I give up.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2012
“Touché,” he says, because he’s Scrap, and sometimes he says touché.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
But he heard it very well:—"Bon-Dié, li conm vent… li ka touché nou… nou pa save ouè li."
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio
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