- touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on) wood
- touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on) woodtouch something wooden to ward off bad luck.→ wood
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touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on) wood
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knock on wood — ► touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on) wood touch something wooden to ward off bad luck. Main Entry: ↑wood … English terms dictionary
wood — ► NOUN 1) the hard fibrous material forming the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber. 2) (also woods) a small forest. 3) (the wood) wooden barrels used for storing alcoholic drinks. 4) a golf club… … English terms dictionary
touch wood — ► touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on) wood touch something wooden to ward off bad luck. Main Entry: ↑wood … English terms dictionary
wood — noun 1》 the hard fibrous material forming the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber. ↘(the wood) wooden barrels used for storing alcoholic drinks. ↘a golf club with a wooden or other head that … English new terms dictionary
American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which … Wikipedia
