Meaning of tetched | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional.
   US, colloquial
2. Touched: physically contacted, impacted, or handled.
   US, colloquial

Examples

“"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?”

“"They ain't bin tetched or handled by any one but the Kempany's agents."”

“"That bullet never tetched ye!"”

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