touch-up
1 of 2noun
ˈtəch-ˌəp 
: an act or instance of touching up
touch up
2 of 2verb
touched up; touching up; touches up
transitive verb
1
: to improve or perfect by small additional strokes or alterations : fix the minor and usually visible defects or damages of
2
: to stimulate by or as if by a flick of a whip
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1733, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1
touching up
verb
1
as in polishing
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- polishing
- reading
- perfecting
- editing
- revising
- redrafting
- reworking
- getting out
- copyediting
- revamping
- subbing
- reediting
- rectifying
- annotating
- subediting
- emending
- compiling
- printing
- amending
- correcting
- publishing
- anthologizing
- issuing
- blue-penciling
- abridging
- fact-checking
- engrossing
- redacting
- red-penciling
- recopying
- collecting
2
as in flicking
Synonyms & Similar Words
- flicking
- fustigating
- blackjacking
- working over
- cutting
- knouting
- quirting
- clubbing
- lamming
- strapping
- cudgeling
- caning
- cudgelling
- hiding
- cowhiding
- slashing
- rawhiding
- switching
- flailing
- lashing
- clapping
- knocking
- hitting
- boxing
- tanning
- slapping
- smacking
- banging
- spanking
- scourging
- flogging
- clipping
- punching
- thrashing
- whaling
- pasting
- whipping
- horsewhipping
- slugging
- whacking
- licking
- flagellating
- birching
- thwacking
- pommelling
- cracking
- bopping
- pommeling
- smiting
- swatting
- swiping
- pistol-whipping
- cuffing
- clobbering
- thumping
- roughing
- paddling
- clouting
- leathering
- pummeling
- bashing
- mauling
- socking
- buffeting
- whopping
- hammering
- busting
- slating
- threshing
- batting
- mangling
- battering
- lathering
- basting
- drubbing
- belaboring
- bludgeoning
- walloping
- pounding
- pelting
- fibbing
- belting
- whupping
- lambasting
- lacing
- whapping
- slogging
- pummelling
- bunging
- tromping
- beating