ITCH meaning: Uncomfortable sensation causing desire to scratch

We found 43 dictionaries that define the word itch:

General (29 matching dictionaries)

itch: Merriam-Webster.com
itch, the itch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
itch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
itch: Collins English Dictionary
itch: Vocabulary.com
Itch, itch: Wordnik
itch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
itch: Wiktionary
itch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
itch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
itch: Infoplease Dictionary
itch, the itch: Dictionary.com
itch (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
itch: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
ITCH, Itch (EP), Itch (Kim Mitchell album), Itch (TV series), Itch (disambiguation), Itch, The Itch (House), The Itch (Vitamin C song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Itch: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
itch: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
itch: Rhymezone
itch: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
itch: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ITCH: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
Itch: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
itch: Free Dictionary
itch: Mnemonic Dictionary
itch: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
itch: Dictionary/thesaurus
itch: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)

itch: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

itch: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
itch: Medical dictionary
Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)

Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
ITCH: Acronym Finder
itch: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

Itch (offensive): Racial Slur Database
itch: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
I.T.C.H, itch: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
▸ noun:  A constant teasing desire or want.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
▸ verb:  (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

Similar:

scratch, rub, urge, scabies, scritch, itchies, yeuk, tickle, head scratching, tingle, more...

Opposite:

scratch

Types:

mosquito bite, chigger bite, scratch, sting, burn, more...

Phrases:

jock itch, itch mite, ground itch, itch mites, sweet itch, more...

Adjectives:

year, old, terrible, little, mad, persistent, severe, intolerable, intense, constant, strange

Colors:

red, pink, crimson, scarlet, burgundy, maroon, rose, magenta, fuchsia, coral

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