itch
itch is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.
- intransitive verb. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Any itching eruption.
- noun. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.
- noun. A constant irritating desire.
- noun. an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
- noun. a strong restless desire
"why this urge to travel?"
- noun. a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
"he has a bad case of the itch"
- verb. have a strong desire or urge to do something
"She is itching to start the project"
"He is spoiling for a fight"
- verb. scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
"Don't scratch your insect bites!"
- verb. have or perceive an itch
"I'm itching--the air is so dry!"
- verb. cause to perceive an itch
"his skin itched"
Synonyms
itchiness, itching, urge, scabies, spoil, rub, scratch
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in itch:
Common word forms
itched, itches, itching, itchless
Words from these letters
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