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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by an irritating sensation of the skin.
2.
of, pertaining to, or having a longing or desire to do or have something: An itching public anxiously awaits her announcement.
3.
characterized by restlessness or the desire for adventure or activity: an itching impulse to travel.
4.
characterized by the desire to grasp; grasping; an itching palm open for a bribe.
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Itching
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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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.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
itch
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 1530s; itching in this sense is from mid-14c.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
itch (ĭch)
n.
An irritating skin sensation causing a desire to scratch.
Any of various skin disorders, such as scabies, marked by intense irritation and itching.
To feel, have, or produce an itch.
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