itch


Definition: Meaning of, itch in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɪtʃ /

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Present Participle Third Person Singular
itching itches
  1. [intransitive and transitive] if part of your body or your clothes itch, you have an unpleasant feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails [↪  scratch]
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  2. be itching to do something , be itching for something informal to want to do something very much and as soon as possible
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  1. [singular] an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails
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  2. informal a strong desire to do or have something
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itch used in phrases

  • Cuban itch (noun)
    1. a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
  • Cupid's itch (noun)
    1. a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
  • Saint Ignatius' itch (noun)
    1. or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan ; characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
  • barber's itch (noun)
    1. fungal infection of the face and neck
  • dhobi itch (noun)
    1. fungal infection attacking moist parts of the body
  • itch mite (noun)
    1. whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals
  • jock itch (noun)
    1. most common in men fungal infection of the groin
  • swimmer's itch (noun)
    1. a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes
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