to itch
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- verb
- /ɪtʃ/
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- Whenever I wear wool, it makes my skin itch uncomfortably.
- burns that itch
People will present with ear itching, body itching.
- People will present with ear itching, body itching.
- I'm just gonna itch my ear 'cause it's itchy.
- The places that ache or have pleasant sensations, tingle or itch, warm, cool.
- I'm convincing myself that it doesn't itch.
- Well, people are itching, you know, we don't know why they're itching.
- So to me, feeling good in your skin means soft fabrics that don't itch, that you don't want to take off right away.
- But on the outside of this being is a compound that makes people itch.
- I would say that it keeps it all together and you know, doesn't itch.
- You just feel so much better because that discomfort, whatever that itches, it was gone.
Examples
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"My sister said it made her ears itch." "Does it really work?"
Fiction book (1991) -
- It's making me itch.
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I got so excited that my arm started to itch right there.
Fiction book (1999) -
-It's really starting to itch--
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This place is making me itch.
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This cast is beginning to itch.
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And on the inside they would itch like heck.
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His ears did itch, and what was all that invisible sound?
Fiction book (1999) -
My eyes are beginning to itch, and I feel a thin scratching at the back of my throat.
Fiction book (1996) -
That darn cast itches something fierce, doesn't it?
Synonyms
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To rub the skin with nails to relieve an itch or cause soreness
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To have an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to scratch
To gently rub an animal's fur to make it feel good
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A thought that keeps coming into your mind and is hard to forget
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Indian
An itchy skin infection caused by a fungus, often on the inner thighs and groin
- Archaic
A skin infection caused by a fungus on the beard and neck that makes red, itchy patches
- Specialized
A very small white animal that lives on the skin of people or animals and makes them scratch a lot
- Archaic
A disease from not having enough vitamin niacin that causes skin, stomach, and nerve problems
How Itchy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word itch comes from very old English words for that small skin feeling that makes you want to 'scratch'. So to itch (verb) is to have or cause that irritating skin feeling.