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
touched up
verb
1
as in subedited
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- subedited
- revised
- polished
- read
- perfected
- reworked
- edited
- redrafted
- revamped
- annotated
- rectified
- got out
- copyedited
- subbed
- amended
- printed
- compiled
- reedited
- corrected
- published
- issued
- emended
- blue-penciled
- anthologized
- redacted
- red-penciled
- fact-checked
- engrossed
- abridged
- collected
- recopied
2
as in cudgeled
Synonyms & Similar Words
- cudgeled
- fustigated
- flicked
- quirted
- knouted
- blackjacked
- cut
- worked over
- clubbed
- caned
- strapped
- cudgelled
- hit
- knocked
- smacked
- slapped
- slashed
- whacked
- cowhided
- whipped
- clapped
- thwacked
- leathered
- lashed
- flailed
- switched
- clipped
- rawhided
- flogged
- lammed
- punched
- spanked
- boxed
- banged
- scourged
- thrashed
- swiped
- tanned
- pummeled
- pommelled
- licked
- bopped
- flagellated
- pommeled
- clobbered
- hided
- cracked
- horsewhipped
- pasted
- smote
- cuffed
- socked
- whaled
- swatted
- battered
- mangled
- thumped
- bludgeoned
- buffeted
- slugged
- clouted
- mauled
- slated
- birched
- pistol-whipped
- bashed
- busted
- bust
- clapt
- belabored
- whupped
- batted
- paddled
- lambasted
- hammered
- lathered
- whapped
- pummelled
- pounded
- roughed
- laced
- threshed
- walloped
- drubbed
- pelted
- fibbed
- tromped
- basted
- belted
- bunged
- slogged
- beat
- whopped