A technique of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist operates the keys without needing to look at the keyboard, knowing by heart the keys being allocated to each finger and the space bar to the thumb.

a strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc.

Precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water).

(aviation) To perform a touch-and-go landing. / (nautical) To touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion.

Dealing with or interacting with a human being as opposed to transacting with computers or through high tech. / Human interaction. / Having a high awareness of human complexity, having empathy.

Relating to a type of telephone with buttons, each of which produces a tone which corresponds to the relevant digit.

(UK, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, India) To make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice.

(idiomatic, UK, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India) Hopefully; said while touching something wooden, to avert superstitious bad luck from what has just been said.

Ellipsis of touch-and-go landing.

Alternative form of touch and go