PHYSICAL CONTACT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of touching physically

Example:

her fingers came in contact with the light switch

Synonyms:

contact; physical contact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("physical contact" is a kind of...):

touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "physical contact"):

rub; wipe (the act of rubbing or wiping)

fair ball ((baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field)

snick (a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat)

laying on (the act of contacting something with your hand)