Definitions for itch
ɪtʃitch

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scabies, itchnoun

   a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

   "he has a bad case of the itch"

2. urge, itchnoun

   a strong restless desire

   "why this urge to travel?"

3. itch, itchiness, itchingverb

   an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

4. rub, scratch, itchverb

   scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

   "Don't scratch your insect bites!"

5. itchverb

   have or perceive an itch

   "I'm itching--the air is so dry!"

6. itchverb

   cause to perceive an itch

   "his skin itched"

7. itch, spoilverb

   have a strong desire or urge to do something

   "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ITCHnoun

   Etymology: gicha, Saxon.

   1. A cutaneous disease extremely contagious, which overspreads the body with small pustules filled with a thin serum, and raised as microscopes have discovered by a small animal. It is cured by sulphur.

   Lust and liberty
   Creep in the minds and marrows of our youths,
   That 'gainst the stream of virtue they may strive,
   And drown themselves in riot, itches, blains. William Shakespeare, Timon.

   The Lord will smite thee with the scab and with the itch, whereof thou can'st not be healed. Deutr. xxviii. 27.

   As if divinity had catch'd
   The itch, on purpose, to be scratch'd. Hudibras.

   2. The sensation of uneasiness in the skin, which is eased by rubbing.3. A constant teazing desire.

   A certain itch of meddling with other people's matters, puts us upon shifting. Roger L'Estrange.

   He had still pedigree in his head, and an itch of being thought a divine king. Dryden.

   From servants company a child is to be kept, not by prohibitions, for that will but give him an itch after it, but by other ways. John Locke.

   At half mankind when gen'rous Manly raves,
   All know 'tis virtue; for he thinks them knaves:
   When universal homage Umbra pays,
   All see 'tis vice, and itch of vulgar praise. Alexander Pope.

2. To Itchverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To feel that uneasiness in the skin which is removed by rubbing.

   A troublesome itching of the part was occasioned by want of transpiration. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   My right eye itches; some good luck is near;
   Perhaps my Amaryllis may appear. Dryden.

   2. To long; to have continual desire. This sense appears in the following examples, though some of them are equivocal.

   Master Shallow, you have yourself been a great fighter, though now a man of peace. ———— Mr. Page, though now I be old, and of peace, if I see a sword out, my finger itches to make one. William Shakespeare.

   Cassius, you yourself
   Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm,
   To sell and mart your offices for gold. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   The itching ears, being an epidemick disease, give fair opportunity to every mountebank. Decay of Piety.

   All such have still an itching to deride,
   And fain would be upon the laughing side. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Itch

   Itch (also known as pruritus) is a sensation that causes the desire or reflex to scratch. Itch has resisted many attempts to be classified as any one type of sensory experience. Itch has many similarities to pain, and while both are unpleasant sensory experiences, their behavioral response patterns are different. Pain creates a withdrawal reflex, whereas itch leads to a scratch reflex.Unmyelinated nerve fibers for itch and pain both originate in the skin; however, information for them is conveyed centrally in two distinct systems that both use the same nerve bundle and spinothalamic tract.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. itch

   An itch is a sensation on the skin that causes a desire or reflex to scratch. It could be a result of various factors such as allergic reactions, insect bites, skin conditions, diseases, or a reaction to certain medications. It can occur anywhere in the body and may be associated with rash, redness, or swelling.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Itchverb

   to have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected

2. Itchverb

   to have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears

3. Itchnoun

   an eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact

4. Itchnoun

   any itching eruption

5. Itchnoun

   a sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc

6. Itchnoun

   a constant irritating desire

7. Etymology: [OE. icchen, icchen, AS. giccan; akin to D. jeuken, joken, G. jucken, OHG. jucchen.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Itch

   ich, n. an uneasy, irritating sensation in the skin: an eruptive disease in the skin, caused by a parasitic animal: a constant teasing desire.—v.i. to have an uneasy, irritating sensation in the skin: to have a constant, teasing desire.—ns. Itch′iness; Itch′-mite, a mite which burrows in the skin, causing itch or scabies.—adj. Itch′y, pertaining to or affected with itch.—Itching palm, a greed for gain. [A.S. giccan, to itch; Scot. youk, yuck, Ger. jucken, to itch.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of itch in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of itch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of itch in a Sentence

1. Sherry Ross:

   What happens is women get an itch and think, ‘I must have a yeast infection,’.

2. Daniel Markowski:

   In general, all of the various anti-itch creams are very similar, generally, I suggest that if you're highly allergic to mosquitoes, you may need a cream with Benadryl or a similar antihistamine.

3. Courtney White:

   What we found is once sports went dark, viewers who are just hungry for competition came to us and they weren't our regular food viewers, seeing the battles play out on Food Network scratched an itch there.

4. Wang Chaojun:

   My mother complained about this mole-like growth on her head that itched all the time, we found ways to cure her itch using traditional Chinese medicine, and then left it be.

5. Hunter Handsfield:

   Maybe there's a little discharge, a little itch, it's easy for a woman to think it's a yeast infection and self-treat while the chlamydia is climbing up into her fallopian tubes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=itch
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=itch
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itch
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/itch
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=itch