tetched

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Definition of tetched

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (US, colloquial)Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional.
    “"His mind was as keen as a razor, an' as straight-edged, 'xcept jest on one subject. On that he was, so to say, a little—wal—a little tetched."”
    “Just because he has trouble with the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner doesn't mean he's tetched. Maybe he has a mental block because you've been hammering him over the skull for three years about it.”
    “There's a murderer about, but how can you spot him when everyone is moon-tetched?”
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adj

  1. (US, colloquial)Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional.
    “"His mind was as keen as a razor, an' as straight-edged, 'xcept jest on one subject. On that he was, so to say, a little—wal—a little tetched."”
    “Just because he has trouble with the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner doesn't mean he's tetched. Maybe he has a mental block because you've been hammering him over the skull for three years about it.”
    “There's a murderer about, but how can you spot him when everyone is moon-tetched?”
  2. (US, colloquial)Touched: physically contacted, impacted, or handled.
    “"They ain't bin tetched or handled by any one but the Kempany's agents."”
    “"That bullet never tetched ye!"”

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Etymology

Variant of touched.

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