touch-up

[ tuhch-uhp ]

/ ˈtʌtʃˌʌp /

noun

an act or instance of touching up: Her makeup needed a touch-up.

Origin of touch-up

First recorded in 1880–85; noun use of verb phrase touch up

Words nearby touch-up

touchstone, touch system, touch-tackle, touch-tone, touch-type, touch-up, touchwood, touchy, touchy-feely, Touggourt, tough

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Example sentences from the Web for touch-up

Pour clean water over it and touch-up the paper everywhere with a ball of fine cloth stuffed with horsehair.
The Invention of Lithography|Alois Senefelder
Touch-up the wet paper with the rag till every bit of type has taken red color.
The Invention of Lithography|Alois Senefelder
In the end old Jack promised the paint a touch-up, privily resolving to do the work himself in his evenings.
Tales of Mean Streets|Arthur Morrison

British Dictionary definitions for touch-up

touch up

verb (tr, adverb)

to put extra or finishing touches to

to enhance, renovate, or falsify by putting extra touches toto touch up a photograph

to stimulate or rouse as by a tap or light blow

British slang to touch or caress (someone), esp to arouse sexual feelings

noun touch-up

a renovation or retouching, as of a painting

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with touch-up

touch up

Make minor changes or improvements, as in This wall needs some touching up but not complete repainting. [Early 1700s]

单词	touch-up
释义	touch-up [ tuhch-uhp ] / ˈtʌtʃˌʌp / noun an act or instance of touching up: Her makeup needed a touch-up. Origin of touch-up First recorded in 1880–85; noun use of verb phrase touch up Words nearby touch-up touchstone, touch system, touch-tackle, touch-tone, touch-type, touch-up, touchwood, touchy, touchy-feely, Touggourt, tough Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for touch-up Pour clean water over it and touch-up the paper everywhere with a ball of fine cloth stuffed with horsehair. The Invention of Lithography\|Alois Senefelder Touch-up the wet paper with the rag till every bit of type has taken red color. The Invention of Lithography\|Alois Senefelder In the end old Jack promised the paint a touch-up, privily resolving to do the work himself in his evenings. Tales of Mean Streets\|Arthur Morrison British Dictionary definitions for touch-up touch up verb (tr, adverb) to put extra or finishing touches to to enhance, renovate, or falsify by putting extra touches toto touch up a photograph to stimulate or rouse as by a tap or light blow British slang to touch or caress (someone), esp to arouse sexual feelings noun touch-up a renovation or retouching, as of a painting Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with touch-up touch up Make minor changes or improvements, as in This wall needs some touching up but not complete repainting. [Early 1700s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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