itch, itchiness, itching
(noun) an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
itching
present participle of itch
itching (plural itchings)
A sensation that itches.
Source: Wiktionary
Itch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Itched; p. pr. & vb. n. Itching.] Etym: [OE. icchen, , AS. giccan; akin to D. jeuken, joken, G. jucken, OHG. jucchen.]
1. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected. My mouth hath itched all this long day. Chaucer.
2. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears. "An itching palm." Shak.
Itch, n.
1. (Med.)
Definition: 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.
2. Any itching eruption.
3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.
4. A constant irritating desire. An itch of being thought a divine king. Dryden. Baker's itch. See under Baker.
– Barber's itch, sycosis.
– Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
– Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of eczema, produced by the sugar mite (Tyrogluphus sacchari).
– Itch insect (Zoöl.), a small parasitic mite (Sarcoptes scabei) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin, thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in Append.
– Itch mite. (Zoöl.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also, other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox.
– Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin.
– Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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