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Definition of Touch-and-go
1. Adjective. Fraught with danger. "Dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
Similar to: Dangerous, Unsafe
Derivative terms: Peril, Peril, Peril, Perilousness, Precariousness
Definition of Touch-and-go
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) (form of attributive form touch and go) ¹
2. Noun. (aviation) A landing on a runway immediately followed by a takeoff without an intervening full stop. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Touch-and-go
Literary usage of Touch-and-go
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1890)
"Death-Traps—Wells— The Throes of Death— " Raising the Wind "—'• Demon "—" Cutting
Out" — En Route — Rain at Last — Crossing a River — Touch and Go — Another ..."
2. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1888)
"... The Throes of Death— " Raising the Wind "— " Demon" — "Cutting Out" — En
Route — Rain at Last — Crossing a River — Touch and Go — Another Swim ..."
3. The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway: With an Account of the by Llewelyn Lloyd (1867)
"Eider-Duck Shooting.— The Author's Boat. — The Bivouac. — Touch and Go. — A
disagreeable Swim. ... Touch and Go ..."
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