Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 5 compound words that contain touches. The most common are listed below. Open touches in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- finishing touchesplural of finishing touch: A final addition, change, or embellishment that serves to complete something.
- La Touchesplural of La Touche: A surname from French.
- bad touchesplural of bad touch: A sexual assault; sexual contact without permission.
- common touchesplural of common touch: The personal quality of showing understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people; rapport with and acceptance by ordinary people, usually in a celebrity or leader.
- first touchesplural of first touch: A player's initial contact with the moving ball, used to get the ball under control.
- golden touchesplural of golden touch: Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”).
- high touchesplural of high touch: Dealing with or interacting with a human being as opposed to transacting with computers or through high tech.
- magic touchesplural of magic touch: An ability or skill to produce highly favorable results in an impressive way.
- soft touchesplural of soft touch: A person or group that is sympathetic, accommodating, easily overcome, or easily persuaded, especially one that loans or readily gives money to another.
- toe touchesplural of toe touch: Any of a plethora of different aerial tricks where one touches the top of one's feet.
- touches basethird-person singular simple present indicative of touch base: To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.
- touches bottomthird-person singular simple present indicative of touch bottom: To reach the lowest point.
- touches cloththird-person singular simple present indicative of touch cloth: To be just on the point of soiling oneself.
- touches downthird-person singular simple present indicative of touch down: To land an aircraft or spacecraft.
- touches grassthird-person singular simple present indicative of touch grass: To spend time outside, off of the Internet. Used in the imperative to suggest that someone is out of touch with reality, and should gain some real-world perspective.
- touches homethird-person singular simple present indicative of touch home: To impact someone deeply and emotionally; resonate.
- touches offthird-person singular simple present indicative of touch off: To start (something); to set off traps; especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.
- touches upthird-person singular simple present indicative of touch up: To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect.
- touches woodthird-person singular simple present indicative of touch wood: To make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice.
- touches oneselfthird-person singular simple present indicative of touch oneself: To masturbate.
- touches a nervethird-person singular simple present indicative of touch a nerve: To make a remark or perform a deed which produces a strong response, especially an emotional response such as anxiety or annoyance, because it calls to mind something which …
- touches and goesthird-person singular simple present indicative of touch and go
- touches some grassthird-person singular simple present indicative of touch some grass: To spend time outside, off of the Internet. Used in the imperative to suggest that someone is out of touch with reality, and should gain some real-world perspective.
- touches-in-goalplural of touch-in-goal: The part of the field behind the goal line and beyond the touch line. Any ball entering this zone would be considered out of play.
- touches of the tar brushplural of touch of the tar brush: Real or suspected African or Asian distant ancestry in a person of predominantly Caucasian ancestry; mixed racial heritage (e.g. Afro-Caribbean or, to a lesser extent, South Asian in background or …
Compound words 5
- cartouchesplural of cartouche: An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.
- aftertouchesplural of aftertouch: Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
- foretouchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of foretouch: To touch beforehand; touch upon in advance.
- mistouchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of mistouch: To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
- polatouchesplural of polatouche: A Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans, syn. Sciuropterus volans), native to much of boreal Eurasia, from Finland east.