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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (“an itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“an itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“an itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“an itch”), German jucken.
Noun
itch (plural 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.
1895, George Meredith, The Amazing Marriage:... 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.
Synonyms
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Translations
a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch
- Albanian: kruarje
- Arabic: حِكَّة (ḥikka)
- Egyptian Arabic: جرب m (garab)
- Moroccan Arabic: حكّة f (ḥakka)
- Armenian: քոր (hy) (kʻor)
- Assamese: খজুৱতি (khozuti), খজুলি (khozuli), খজুটি (khozuti)
- Azerbaijani: qaşınmaq
- Belarusian: свярбе́нне n (svjarbjénnje), сверб m (svjerb)
- Bikol Central: gatol (bcl)
- Bulgarian: сърбеж (bg) (sǎrbež)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 痕 (han4)
- Mandarin: 癢/痒 (zh) (yǎng), 發癢/发痒 (zh) (fāyǎng)
- Czech: svrbění n, svědění n
- Dutch: jeuk (nl) m
- Esperanto: juko
- Faroese: skríði m
- Finnish: kutina (fi), syyhy (fi)
- French: démangeaison (fr), prurit (fr)
- Galician: proído m, proício m, prurito (gl) m, comechón (gl) f
- Georgian: მუნი (muni)
- German: Jucken n, Juckreiz (de) m
- Greek: φαγούρα (el) f (fagoúra), κνησμός (el) m (knismós)
- Ancient: κνησμός m (knēsmós), ψώρα f (psṓra)
- Hebrew: גירוד (girud), עקצוץ m (iktsúts)
- Hungarian: viszketés (hu)
- Icelandic: kláði (is) m
- Ido: prurito (io)
- Ilocano: budo
- Ilocano: budo
- Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: prurito (it) m
- Japanese: かゆみ (ja) (kayumi)
- Kashubian: svôrb m
- Kikuyu: mwĩthũa class 3
- Korean: 가려움증 (ko) (garyeoumjeung)
- Latin: prūrīgō f
- Macedonian: јадеж m (jadež)
- Malagasy: hidihidy (mg)
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: toretiti, harehare, hakihaki, māngeongeo, torotiti, ngaoko
- Marathi: खाज f (khāj)
- Occitan: prusina f, prusor f, prusèsta f
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: сврабъ m (svrabŭ)
- Old East Slavic: своробъ m (svorobŭ)
- Old English: giċċe f
- Oromo: cittoo
- Plautdietsch: Gnauz f
- Polish: świąd (pl) m, swędzenie (pl) n, świerzbienie n
- Portuguese: coceira (pt) f (Brazil), comichão (pt) f (Portugal), prurido (pt)
- Quechua: siqsi, sixi, şixi
- Romanian: mâncărime (ro) f
- Russian: зуд (ru) m (zud), свербёж (ru) m (sverbjóž), зуде́ние (ru) (zudénije), свербе́ние (ru) n (sverbénije)
- Serbo-Croatian: svrab (sh) m, свраб m
- Slovak: svrbenie n
- Spanish: picazón (es) f, escozor (es) m, picor (es) m, comezón (es) m, prurito (es) (medicine)
- Swedish: klåda (sv)
- Tagalog: kati (tl)
- Tarifit: ašmaz m
- Telugu: దురద (te) (durada)
- Thai: ความคัน (kwaam-kan)
- Tocharian B: saiwe
- Turkish: kaşıntı (tr), kaşınma (tr)
- Ukrainian: свербі́ж m (sverbíž), свербля́чка f (sverbljáčka)
- Vietnamese: ngứa (vi)
- Votic: süühü
- Walloon: schôpe (wa) f
- Welsh: ysfa f
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Etymology 2
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
itch (third-person singular simple present itches, present participle itching, simple past and past participle itched)
- (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
- (intransitive) 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.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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!
- (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
2001, India Knight, My Life on a Plate, page 102:My head is suddenly itching me like mad.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
2002, M D Huddleston, Missing Paige:"What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.
2002 January 4, Cyd, “Itching”, in alt.support.mult-sclerosis (Usenet):I have to take both shoes and socks off! If I go bare foot I'm ok! I also get itching on my r/palm of my hand. I itch it so much that it's raw!
2003 November 21, Jim Patterson, “Behavior Therapy for Itchy Clothes?”, in alt.support.ocd (Usenet):Basically I go through a half hour of trying to figure out of it is an fake OCD itch or a regular itch before I itch it (if I determine it's a "fake" itch, then I try not to itch it).
2003, Ray Emerson, The Riddle of Cthulhu:Ulysses thumped his side and itched his back side, then slipped into his car.
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.
Derived terms
Translations
to feel the need to scratch
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: أَحَكَّ (ʔaḥakka)
- Armenian: քոր գալ (kʻor gal)
- Belarusian: свярбе́ць impf (svjarbjécʹ), часа́цца impf (časácca)
- Bulgarian: сърби ме (sǎrbi me)
- Burmese: ယား (my) (ya:)
- Catalan: picar (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎤᏲᏕᎠ (uyodea)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 痕 (han4)
- Mandarin: 癢/痒 (zh) (yǎng)
- Czech: svědět impf, svrbět (cs) impf
- Dutch: jeuken (nl), kriebelen (nl)
- Esperanto: juki (eo)
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: kutista (fi), syyhytä (fi), kutkuttaa (fi)
- French: démanger (fr), gratter (fr), picoter (fr)
- Galician: proer
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: jucken (de), kratzen (de), kitzeln (de)
- Greek: νιώθω φαγούρα (niótho fagoúra)
- Hebrew: חש עקצוץ m (khash iktsúts), גירד לו m (geréd lo)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: viszket (hu)
- Ido: pruritar (io)
- Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
- Ingrian: uhkua
- Italian: prudere (it)
- Japanese: 痒みを生じる (かゆみをしょうじる, kayumi o shōjiru)
- Khmer: រមាស់ (km) (rɔmŏəh)
- Korean: 가렵다 (ko) (garyeopda)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: prūriō
- Latvian: niezēt (lv)
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: ngaoko, ngāokooko, mangeo, māngeongeo, patete
- Maranao: gatel
- Mongolian: загатнах (mn) (zagatnax)
- Navajo: yihę́ę́s
- Nepali: चिलाउनु (cilāunu)
- Old English: giċċan
- Polish: swędzieć impf, świerzbić impf
- Portuguese: coçar (pt), comichar (pt), prurir (pt), pruir (pt)
- Quechua: siqsiy
- Romanian: mânca (ro)
- Russian: зуде́ть (ru) impf (zudétʹ), свербе́ть (ru) impf (sverbétʹ), чеса́ться (ru) impf (česátʹsja)
- Slovak: svrbieť impf
- Spanish: picar (es)
- Swedish: klia (sv)
- Tagalog: mangati
- Tausug: katul
- Thai: คัน (th) (kan)
- Tibetan: ཟ་ཕྲུག་ལང (za phrug lang)
- Turkish: kaşınmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: свербі́ти impf (sverbíty), чу́хатися impf (čúxatysja) (colloquially)
- Urdu: کهجلی (khujli)
- Vietnamese: ngứa (vi)
- Walloon: schôpyî (wa)
- Welsh: cosi (cy)
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