touching up

verb

present participle of touch up
1
as in polishing

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2
as in flicking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touching up
  1. polishing
  2. flicking
  3. perfecting
  4. cutting
  5. reading
  6. working over
  7. revising
  8. clubbing
Verb
  • The Duchess of Edinburgh even got hands-on experience shaping and polishing a quartz gemstone.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Before Bay Area readers start polishing their debate trophies, remember these studies are conversation starters, not final verdicts.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of polishing
Verb
  • Coming for a variety of longtime critics of the merger, opposition rose and suspicion about the settlement served to pour gasoline on an already flicking fire.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
  • He’s getting hit sometimes, and just flicking this ball out there.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of flicking
Verb
  • Mother Nature spent millions of years perfecting the maple seed’s gentle spiral to the forest floor and the fish’s swift flick through open water.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The rest of the time is spent advocating for their place and perfecting their visual identity.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of perfecting
Verb
  • The sanctions are aimed at cutting the ICC off from the global financial system and include threats of punishment for countries that do business with the court.
    — Susannah George, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The city faced a $1-billion budget shortfall in 2025 but, after various cost-cutting measures, managed to set aside funding for the LAPD to hire more than 500 new officers in the coming year.
    — Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of cutting
Verb
  • The king-size bed had a pristine, cloud-white duvet and sheets; by the foot of it sat a lounge chair and ottoman ideal for reading.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Brainwave-reading sleep headbands and noise-masking sleep headphones look similar from the outside but work in very different ways.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of reading
Verb
  • Rybakina’s serve and forehand can take any match out of her opponent’s hands, especially on grass, but the latter shot has misfired of late, and McNally’s changes in rhythm will give the 27-year-old a serious working over.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • There should be no pain or skin reddening during a proper session, and therapists avoid working over active swelling, infection or skin that’s undergone cancer treatment.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of working over
Verb
  • Insights like ours are revising researchers’ understanding of both the past and how people operate today, as inequality grows globally.
    — Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The possibility of revising Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, which renounces war and prohibits a traditional standing army, is no longer taboo in Tokyo.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of revising
Verb
  • Varma holed out in the outfield in Ahmed’s final over, but Varma motored to his 21-ball half-century by clubbing 15 runs of the fast bowler’s final four balls.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Vogue Italia describes soft clubbing as moving clubbing out of traditional nightlife venues and into places like bars, bakeries and gardens during morning and brunch hours.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of clubbing
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“Touching up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touching%20up. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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