Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913 Touching /(tŭch"ĭng)/ · Touch·ing · IPA /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/ a. prep. n. 01 a. Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale. 1. Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale. 02 prep. Concerning; with respect to. 1. Concerning; with respect to. “Now, as touching things offered unto idols.” — 1 Cor. viii. 1. 03 n. The sense or act of feeling; touch. 1. The sense or act of feeling; touch.