Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Activated or operated by a single touch, as of a button.
- adjective Being a pass or shot, as in soccer or hockey, in which the ball or puck is redirected without being trapped or stopped.
- adjective Being a style of play in which one-touch passes predominate.
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Examples
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The company is now developing three more mobile apps based on the idea of one-touch simplicity.
BusinessWeek.com -- Top News Rachael King 2011
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He thinks United's tenacity and togetherness will present Barcelona with more problems than Arsenal's more flimsy one-touch passing did: United have a better chance than we had.
Jack Wilshere says Manchester United must get in faces of Barcelona | Paul Hayward 2011
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We expect health care in the future to be one-touch digitalized.
Tanya Abreu: The Wonder Woman's Guide to the New Health Care System Tanya Abreu 2011
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Guardly empowers its users by providing one-touch access to their safety network.
Becky Lee: The Role of Mobile Apps in the Fight Against Intimate Partner Violence Becky Lee 2011
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Mesut Ozil was at the centre of a series of one-touch passes that sliced Racing open and he finished by squaring for Adebayor to sidefoot in.
Real Madrid close gap on Barcelona with win at Racing Santander 2011
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Brazil took a 2-1 lead on a one-touch lob-shot by five-time player of the year Marta in the first minutes of extra time.
One Save Leads to Another Matthew Futterman 2011
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Messi, the Argentina captain, provided a perfect one-touch pass in the 24th minute for Higuaín to control the ball and shoot right-footed into the corner past the Nigeria goalkeeper, Dele Aiyenugba.
Lionel Messi inspires Argentina to victory over Nigeria in Dhaka 2011
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Following the departure of Cesc Fábregas and Samir Nasri, with Jack Wilshere a long-term absentee and Aaron Ramsey still feeling his way back to full effectiveness, the team as a whole lack the confidence to execute the sort of one-touch interplay Wenger favours.
French game given timely lift by a fictional All Black | Richard Williams 2011
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Entertainment and navigation systems in automobiles have come a long way but one-touch virtual buttons projected on the screens of new audio and navigation systems often seem to need two or three touches.
The Car Dashboard That Wants to Be an iPad Joseph B. White 2011
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The Blues began confidently, but it was Leeds who put together the best move of the first quarter, a series of one-touch passes involving Danny Pugh, Andy Keogh, Ross McCormack and Jonathan Howson ending in Robert Snodgrass hitting an angled drive just wide.
Birmingham City 1-0 Leeds United | Championship match report 2011
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