English
Pronunciation
IPA|/ɪt�/
audio|en-us-itch.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|ɪt�
Etymology 1
OE. term|gycce|ġy��e|lang=ang.
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|es
- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to tend to want to scratch.
- A desire or want.
Translations
trans-top|a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
Dutch: jeuk m
Esperanto: juko
Finnish: kutina, syyhy
German: Jucken n, Juckreiz m}
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Portuguese: coceira f
Romanian: mânc�rime f
Russian: з�д (zud) m
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trans-top|a desire
Dutch: jeuk in de vingers, jeuk in de handen
Finnish: halu, hinku
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Romanian: dorinţ� f
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Etymology 2
OE. term|giccan|ġi��an|lang=ang.
Verb
en-verb|itch|es
- intransitive To feel the need to scratch.
- intransitive To want or desire.
#:He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
- transitive To cause to feel an itch.
- context|transitive|colloquial To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
#*2002: M D Huddleston, Missing Paige
#*:"What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.
#*2003: Ray Emerson, The Riddle of Cthulhu
#*:Ulysses thumped his side and itched his back side, then slipped into his car.
#*2004: Philip Smucker, Al Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terror's Trail
#*:But when we asked more about the famous man whose specter still commanded the heights, the guard just sneered at me, pointed his gun back toward the road with one hand, and itched his chin with the other.
Translations
trans-top|to feel the need to scratch
Dutch: jeuken
Esperanto: juki
Finnish: kutista, syyhytä
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French: démanger
German: jucken
Urdu: URchar|ک�ج�� (khujli)
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trans-top|to want or desire
Dutch: jeuken in de vingers, jeuken in de handen
Esperanto: (la manoj) juki sin
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Finnish: palaa halusta tehdä
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Navajo: yih����s (itch, get an itch)
Derived terms
itchy
itchy feet
fr:itch
io:itch
it:itch
ku:itch
fi:itch
ta:itch
te:itch
vi:itch
zh:itch
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