aftertouch
nounEtymology From after- + touch.
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
2
Rare A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
3
Video games A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
- KO2 ruins every other football game you'll ever play; I never got good at SWOS - the controls were all wrong. And the aftertouch was stupid. And the computer keepers were always hopeless on free kicks.1997, Mark Howson, “Kick Off 2: Best Amiga Game Of all time!”, in comp.sys.amiga.games (Usenet):