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Pilot's jargon for a practice landing. You land the plane long enough to roll the wheels on the runway, then apply full power and take off again. Used to practice many landings in a short time.
"I did 8 touch-and-goes today, and boy was that crosswind rough! Any coffee around here?"
by Athene Airheart March 19, 2004
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Touch and go around

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When a pilot comes in to land, but decides to abort the landing ('goes around') after the aircraft has touched down on the runway. They will then climb the aircraft to sufficient height to attempt another landing. This could possibly due to a hard bounce with insufficient airspeed to recover.

This is different from a touch and go where the pilot lands smoothly/safely, lets the aircraft roll/slow down for a short distance, then takes off again to practise take-offs and landings.
A : "What's Jim doing today? Touch and go's?"
B : "More like touch and go arounds."
by Drecian May 1, 2011
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A game where people go hide and then they go find a badger to touch, or any other random object. You win by touching the most stuff. It's also one of the most random questions anyone could ever ask.
Hey bryant, want to play hide and go touch the badger?
-sure nick, but i need to go touch something else before i go do that.
by N1ck October 21, 2005
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Touch And Goes

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Function: Adjective
Etemology Military pilot type talk

To perform quick, fast, and in a hurry simulated landings. With touch and goes, all same proceedures for a landing are performed with exception that once the wheels and or arresting gear hits the deck, the craft goes to full power. Rather than coming to a complete hault as in a normal landing, the craft is airborne as quickly as it hit the deck. In this manner, touch and goes facilitate the ability to make as many runs as possible in the shortest amount of time.
Grunt Gunny: Damn Marine, what happed to your face it's all swollen?

Grunt Marine: Ah fuck Gunny, those fucking mosquitos were doing touch and goes whilst I was sleeping.
by bolillo loco December 27, 2009
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