itch

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itch

to feel or cause an irritating sensation on the skin that makes one want to scratch the affected part
to have a restless desire or hankering

Origin of itch

Middle English yicchen, icchen from Old English giccan, akin to German jucken

to make itch
to irritate or annoy
Informal scratch

an irritating sensation on the skin that makes one want to scratch the affected part
a restless desire; hankering: an itch to travel

itch Idioms

the itch

Informal any of various skin disorders accompanied by severe irritation of the skin, as scabies

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itch

noun

An irritating skin sensation causing a desire to scratch.
Any of various skin disorders, such as scabies, marked by intense irritation and itching.
A restless desire or craving for something: an itch to travel.

verb

itched, itch·ing, itch·es

verb

intransitive

a. To feel, have, or produce an itch.
b. To have a desire to scratch.
To have a persistent, restless craving.

verb

transitive

To cause to itch.
To scratch (an itch).

Origin of itch

Middle English yicche from Old English gicce from giccan to itch

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Noun

(plural itches)

A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
A desire or want.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present itches, present participle itching, simple past and past participle itched)

(intransitive) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
(intransitive) To want or desire.
He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
To cause to feel an itch.

(colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

Anagrams

Origin

The noun is from Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe, ġyċċe (“an itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“an itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“an itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“an itch”).

The verb is from Middle English icchen, ȝicchen, from Old English ġiċċan, ġyċċan (“to itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjaną (“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje (“to itch”), Dutch jeuken (“to itch”), Low German jocken (“to itch”), German jucken (“to itch”).