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itch

  [ich]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected: My nose itches.
2. to cause such a feeling: This shirt itches.
3. Informal. to scratch a part that itches.
4. to have a desire to do or get something: to itch after fame.
–verb (used with object)
5. to cause to have an itch: His wool shirt always itches him.
6. Informal. to scratch (a part that itches): to itch a mosquito bite.
7. to annoy; vex; irritate: Her remarks itched me.
–noun
8. the sensation of itching.
9. an uneasy or restless desire or longing: an itch for excitement.
10. a contagious disease caused by the itch mite, which burrows into the skin (usually prec. by the).
Compare mange, scabies.

Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME (y)icchen, OE gicc(e)an; akin to G jucken, D jeuken; (n.) ME (y)icche, OE gicce, deriv. of the v.
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itch   (ĭch)   
n.  

  1. An irritating skin sensation causing a desire to scratch.

  2. Any of various skin disorders, such as scabies, marked by intense irritation and itching.

  3. A restless desire or craving for something: an itch to travel.

v.   itched, itch·ing, itch·es

v.   intr.

    1. To feel, have, or produce an itch.

    2. To have a desire to scratch.

  2. To have a persistent, restless craving.

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to itch.

  2. To scratch (an itch).


[Middle English yicche, from Old English gicce, from giccan, to itch.]
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Word Origin & History

itch  (n.)
O.E. gicce, from giccan (v.) "to itch," from W.Gmc. *jukkjan (cf. M.Du. jöken, O.H.G. jucchen, Ger. jucken). Sense of "restless desire" is first attested 1532; itching in this sense is from 1340.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: itch
Pronunciation: 'ich
Function: noun
1 : an uneasy irritating sensation in the upper surface of the skin usually held to result frommild stimulation of pain receptors
2 : a skin disorder accompanied by an itch; especially : a contagious eruption caused by an itch mite of the genusSarcoptes (S. scabiei) that burrows in the skin and causes intense itching —itch verb —itch·i·ness /'ich-E-n&s/ noun —itchy /-E/ adjective
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itch (ĭch)
n.

  1. An irritating skin sensation causing a desire to scratch.

  2. Any of various skin disorders, such as scabies, marked by intense irritation and itching.

v. itched, itch·ing, itch·es
To feel, have, or produce an itch.

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