Usually means: Brief landing followed by takeoff.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word touch-and-go:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. touch-and-go: Merriam-Webster
  2. touch-and-go: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. touch-and-go, touch-and-go: Collins English Dictionary
  4. touch-and-go: Vocabulary.com
  5. touch-and-go: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. touch-and-go: Wiktionary
  7. touch-and-go: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. touch-and-go: Dictionary.com
  9. touch-and-go: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. touch-and-go: Rhymezone
  11. touch-and-go: FreeDictionary.org
  12. touch-and-go: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. touch-and-go: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. touch-and-go: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. touch-and-go: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of touch and go [(obsolete) Characterized by brief and transitory encounters.]
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of touch-and-go landing. [(aviation) A landing on a runway immediately followed by a takeoff without an intervening full stop.]

Similar:
parlous, perilous, dangerous, precarious, unsafe, hit-and-miss, stop-and-go, tenderhanded, a-tiptoe, butter-fingered, more...

Opposite:
certain, secure, safe, stable, steady

Types:
precarious, risky, dangerous, chancy, unpredictable, more...

Phrases:
touch-and-go landing, more...

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Similar:
parlous, perilous, dangerous, precarious, unsafe, hit-and-miss, stop-and-go, tenderhanded, a-tiptoe, butter-fingered, more...

Opposite:
certain, secure, safe, stable, steady

Types:
precarious, risky, dangerous, chancy, unpredictable, more...

Phrases:
touch-and-go landing, more...



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