mistouch

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/mɪsˈtʌtʃ//ˈmɪstʌtʃ/

verb

To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.

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Meanings

verbmistouch (third-person singular simple present mistouches, present participle mistouching, simple past and past participle mistouched)

present singular third person mistouches · participle present mistouching · participle past mistouched · past mistouched

  1. To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
nounmistouch (countable and uncountable, plural mistouches)

plural mistouches

  1. countableuncountableIncorrect touch.

    After a mistouch of a button, the orchestra suddenly rose up out of the pit in mid-performance and travelled on past stage level to tower over both the performers and the audience.

    2009, Sarah Jennings, Art and Politics: The History of the National Arts Centre, page 73

Origin

From mis- + touch.

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APA

mistouch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistouch

MLA

“mistouch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistouch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistouch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistouch.

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