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Itch   /ɪtʃ/   Listen
Itch

noun
1.
A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation.  Synonym: scabies.
2.
A strong restless desire.  Synonym: urge.
3.
An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch.  Synonyms: itchiness, itching.
verb
(past & past part. itched; pres. part. itching)
1.
Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching.  Synonyms: rub, scratch.
2.
Have or perceive an itch.
3.
Cause to perceive an itch.
4.
Have a strong desire or urge to do something.  Synonym: spoil.  "He is spoiling for a fight"



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"Itch" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Rawling shivered at this cool fury. The rattles made his spine itch, and suddenly his valley seemed like a place of demons. The lanterns circling on the lawn seemed like frail glow-worms, incredibly useless, and he leaned on the window-pane listening with ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1917 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various
... victor over the other. What is the love and submission of one manly heart to the woman whose ambition it is to sway the minds of multitudes as did a Demosthenes or a Cicero? What are the tender affections and childish prattle of the family circle, to women whose ears itch for the loud laugh and boisterous cheer of ...
— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper
... brought home seventy-three guineas, and let my old governess see what good luck I had at play. However, it was her advice that I should not venture again, and I took her counsel, for I never went there any more; for I knew as well as she, if the itch of play came in, I might soon lose that, and all the rest of what ...
— The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &c. • Daniel Defoe
... two at some Rube college, and then went abroad to loiter. While there he exposed himself to the sculptor's art; but it didn't take very hard. However, Virgie came back and acquired the studio habit. And you can't live for long in a studio, you know, without getting the itch to see yourself in print. That's what brought Virgie to me. And now! Well, now I ...
— On With Torchy • Sewell Ford
... it can. It can get along without the hoarded gold, the inherited gold, the cheating, bribing, starving gold—that's the kind I mean, the kind that gets into a man's heart and veins until his fingers itch to gild everything he touches, like the rich man in the ...
— Seven Miles to Arden • Ruth Sawyer


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