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touch (oneself)
euphemistic slang To masturbate. My ultra-religious aunt scared us silly when we went through puberty with all sorts of myths about what would happen if we touched ourselves.
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touch
1. n. a likely target for begging; someone who is asked for a loan. (see also soft touch.) He was just the kind of touch we were looking for, not too bright and not too poor.
2. n. a request for money (from a beggar); a request for a loan. I ignored the touch and walked on by.
3. tv. to ask someone for a loan. He touched me for a hundred bucks.
4. n. a small portion of something to eat or drink. (Folksy.) I’ll have just a touch. I’m on a diet, you know.
5. tv. to deal with or handle someone or something. (Usually in the negative.) Mr. Wilson is a real pain, and I wouldn’t touch his account. Find somebody else to handle it.
touch
base/bases Informal To renew a line of communication: "He went out of his way to touch base with a broad cross section of ... residents" (George B. Merry).
- a light touch
- a soft touch
- a soft/an easy touch
- a touch of the sun
- a/the magic touch
- an easy touch
- at the touch of a button
- be an easy touch
- be an soft touch
- be in touch
- be in touch with (someone)
- be out of touch
- be out of touch with (someone or something)
- be touch-and-go
- be touching cloth
- be touching cotton
- be, etc. in/out of touch
- be, keep, etc. in touch
- catch (one) on the raw
- catch/touch somebody on the raw
- common touch, the
- easy touch
- finishing touch
- get in touch (with someone)
- get in touch with somebody/something
- golden touch
- have (the) golden touch
- have a touch of class
- have a touch of the tar brush
- have the Midas touch
- have, etc. a touch of class
- hit a (raw) nerve
- hit bottom
- hit/touch a nerve
- I wouldn't touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
- I wouldn't touch (something or someone) with a barge pole
- I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
- in touch
- in touch with
- in touch, be
- keep in touch
- kick (something) into touch
- kick something into touch
- knock on wood
- light the (blue) touch paper
- light the blue touch paper
- light touch
- lose contact with
- lose one's touch
- lose touch
- lose touch with reality
- lose touch with sanity
- lose touch/contact
- lose your touch
- magic touch
- Midas touch
- not harm/touch a hair of somebody's head
- not to touch a drop
- not touch (someone or something) with a barge pole
- not touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
- not touch a drop
- not touch a hair on (one's) head
- not touch somebody/something with a bargepole
- not touch with a ten-foot pole
- out of touch
- put (one) in touch with (someone or something)
- put in touch with
- put somebody in touch with somebody/something
- put the arm on
- put the bite on
- put the touch on (one)
- put the touch on (someone)
- remain in touch
- soft touch
- stay in touch
- strike a chord
- strike a chord (with someone)
- strike/touch a chord
- the common touch
- the finishing touch
- the Midas touch
- touch
- touch (on) all (the) bases
- touch (one) on the raw
- touch (one's) forelock
- touch (oneself)
- touch (rock) bottom
- touch a (raw) nerve
- touch a chord (with someone)
- touch a nerve
- touch a sore point
- touch a sore spot
- touch all the bases
- touch and go
- touch at some place
- touch base
- touch base (with someone)
- touch base with
- touch base with someone
- touch bottom
- touch down
- touch for
- touch of
- touch of the tar brush
- touch off
- touch on
- touch on (something)
- touch someone on the raw
- touch to
- touch up
- touch with
- touch wood
- touch your forelock
- touch/tug your forelock
- touch-and-go
- tug (one's) forelock
- would not touch someone or something with a bargepole
- wouldn’t touch someone/something with a ten-foot pole
- wouldn't touch it with a bargepole
- wouldn't touch something/someone with a barge pole
- wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole