itch
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itch¹
- /ɪt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ɪtʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (“itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“itch”), German jucken.
noun itches
- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
- A constant teasing desire or want. ... it left, however, a bee at his ear and an itch to transfer the buzzer's attentions and tease his darling; for she had betrayed herself as right good game.
itch²
- /ɪt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ɪtʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English icchen, ȝicchen, from Old English ġiċċan, ġyċċan (“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje (“to itch”), Dutch jeuken (“to itch”), Low German jocken (“to itch”), German jucken (“to itch”).
verb itches · itching · itched
- To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
- To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something. He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
- To cause to feel an itch. My head is suddenly itching me like mad.
- To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch. "What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.
