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toque — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bell noun A hollow metal instrument, often shaped like a cup, that rings when struck.
  • hint noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
  • holler verb To shout loudly, often to get attention or express strong feeling.
  • ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  • ringtone noun The sound a mobile phone makes to signal an incoming call.
  • tinge noun A small trace of colour, or by extension, of any quality.
  • tip noun The pointed or outer end of something.
  • touch verb To make physical contact with something using the hand, finger, or another part of the body.

Senses

toque is used for these senses in English:

  • bell (chiefly, British, informal) A telephone call.
  • holler (by extension, colloquial) Any communication to get somebody's attention.
  • ring (colloquial) A telephone call.
  • ringtone The sound made by a telephone when ringing.
  • tinge A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
  • touch The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
  • touch (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.

bell — full definition

  1. noun A hollow metal instrument, often shaped like a cup, that rings when struck.
  2. verb To attach a bell to something.
  3. verb To flare out or take on a bell-like shape.

hint — full definition

  1. noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
  2. noun A very small trace or amount of something.
  3. verb To suggest something indirectly, without saying it outright.

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