Itch

  • 21itch — itch1 [ ıtʃ ] verb intransitive if your skin itches, you have an unpleasant feeling that makes you want to SCRATCH it (=rub your skin with your nails) a. if a piece of clothing itches, it gives you an unpleasant feeling that makes you want to… …

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  • 22itch — [[t]ɪ̱tʃ[/t]] itches, itching, itched 1) VERB When a part of your body itches, you have an unpleasant feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch. When someone has hayfever, the eyes and nose will stream and itch... My skin was hard and… …

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  • 23itch — I UK [ɪtʃ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms itch : present tense I/you/we/they itch he/she/it itches present participle itching past tense itched past participle itched a) if your skin itches, you have an unpleasant feeling that makes you want …

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  • 24itch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English icchen, from Old English giccan; akin to Old High German jucchen to itch Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to have an itch < her arm itched > b. to produce an itchy sensation …

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  • 25itch —    to feel lustful    Usually of a woman, from the supposed aphrodisiac properties of cantharides which, by exciting vaginal itch, is said to stimulate sexual desire:     A tailor might scratch her where er she did itch. (Shakespeare, The Tempest …

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  • 26itch — [[t]ɪtʃ[/t]] v. i. 1) phl to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected 2) to cause such a feeling: This shirt itches[/ex] 3) Informal. to scratch a part that itches 4) to&#8230; …

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  • 27Itch (EP) — Infobox Album | Name = Itch Type = EP Artist = Radiohead Released = June 1 1994 Recorded = ??? Genre = Rock Length = 26:35 Label = EMI TOCP 8285 Producer = Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie Chris Hufford James Warren 7 Radiohead Reviews = Last album =&#8230; …

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  • 28itch — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if part of your body or your clothes itch, you have an unpleasant feeling on your skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails: My feet were itching terribly. | itch sb AmE: The label on this shirt itches me. 2 be itching to …

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  • 29itch — 1. noun 1) I have an itch on my back Syn: tingling, irritation, itchiness, prickle 2) informal the itch to travel Syn: longing, yearning, craving, ache, hunger, thirst …

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  • 30itch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. itching, tickling, prickly sensation; mange, manginess; ca coëthes, cacoëthes scribendi (writer s itch); the itch, scabies, psora; itchiness; burning, tingling; desire, craving, hankering. v. i.&#8230; …

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