touché

Touché is defined as a word used to acknowledge a clever point made at someone else's expense.

(interjection)

An example of touché is what you say when you are having a conversation with someone and they make a point at your expense, showing why they are right and you are wrong.

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See touché in Webster's New World College Dictionary

interjection

  1. Fencing touched: said in acknowledging that one's opponent has scored a point by a touch
  2. used to acknowledge a successful point in debating or a witty retort

Origin: Fr, pp.: see touch

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