Itch

Noun

 * 1) A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
 * 2) A desire or want.

Derived terms

 * itchy
 * jock itch

Verb

 * 1)  To feel the need to scratch.
 * Capulet: ... Speak not, reply not, do not answer me; / My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest / That God had lent us but this only child; / But now I see this one is one too much, / And that we have a curse in having her: / Out on her, hilding!
 * 1)  To want or desire.
 * He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
 * 1)  To cause to feel an itch.
 * 2)  To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
 * 3) * 2002: M D Huddleston, Missing Paige
 * "What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.
 * 1) * 2003: Ray Emerson, The Riddle of Cthulhu
 * Ulysses thumped his side and itched his back side, then slipped into his car.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 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.

Derived terms

 * make one's teeth itch

Thesaurus
ache, acne, acne vulgaris, an universal wolf, andromania, aphrodisia, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, concupiscence, coveting, crave, craving, dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis, desire, die, eczema, elephantiasis, epithelioma, eromania, eroticism, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, erysipelas, erythema, exanthem, fidget, fleshly lust, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, hanker, hankering, have the fidgets, heat rash, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, hives, horniness, hot blood, hot pants, hunger, impetigo, indecency, infantile sexuality, irritation, itchiness, itching, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jungle rot, lasciviousness, leprosy, libidinousness, lichen, lichen primus, lickerishness, longing, lupus, lupus vulgaris, lust, lustfulness, mania, miliaria, nymphomania, passion, pemphigus, pine, polymorphous perversity, prick, prickle, prickling, prickly heat, pruigo, prurience, pruriency, pruritus, psora, ringworm, satyriasis, satyrism, scabies, scratch, sexual desire, sexual longing, sexual passion, shingles, sigh, skin cancer, sting, tetter, thirst, thrill, tickle, tickling, tingle, tingling, twitch, urge, vellicate, venereal appetite, want, wish, yearn, yearning, yen, yeuk

Etymology 1
gycce:.

Etymology 2
giccan:.

Noun

 * Armenian: քոր
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Jucken, Juckreiz
 * Hebrew: [girud]


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: かゆみ
 * Portuguese: coceira (Brazil), (Portugal)
 * Romanian: mâncărime
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, escozor, picor,


 * Dutch: in de vingers, jeuk in de handen
 * Finnish: ,


 * Japanese: 渇望
 * Romanian:

Verb

 * Armenian: քոր գալ
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: kutista, syyhytä
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: prudere
 * Japanese: かゆみを生じる
 * Latvian: niezēt
 * Navajo: yihę́ę́s
 * Spanish:
 * Urdu: (khujli)


 * Dutch: jeuken in de vingers, jeuken in de handen
 * Esperanto: (la manoj) juki sin


 * Finnish: palaa halusta tehdä
 * Japanese: 渇望する

Anagrams

 * chit
 * tich