touch-typingn.
/ˈtʌtʃˌtʌɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtətʃˌtaɪpɪŋ/ A method of operating a typewriter or computer keyboard in which the typist looks at the words produced on the page or screen rather than at the keys, each finger being used for a specific set of keys. Cf. earlier touch method n. at touch n. Compounds 2.
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society > communication > printing > typing > [noun] > manner of
touch-typing1905
audio-typing1959
copy-typing1959
1905 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 26 May 10/7 (advt.) Specialists in Gregg Shorthand, Touch Typing, Bookkeeping, Business Penmanship and Preparatory Studies.
1947 K. Jaediker Tall, Dark & Dead viii. 117 All I know about touch-typing is that there are home keys and if you don't put your fingers on them, you go haywire.
2013 E. W. Shell Evol. Alabama Agroecosystem Pref. p. xv/1 The inordinate amount of time required to finish the book can be traced directly to my lifelong aversion to touch-typing.
Compounds
General attributive, as touch-typing course, touch-typing speed, etc.
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1918 Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gaz. 27 May 2/1 (advt.) Special Touch Typing Method.
1937 Life 13 Sept. 84/2 (advt.) The only portable with ‘Floating Shift’. Complete with carrying case and touch-typing instructions.
1976 ‘J. Fraser’ Who steals my Name? iv. 46 Many coppers had done touchtyping courses.
2008 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 4 July 10 Good touch-typing speeds are always in demand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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