Itch
verb
Feeling or causing a prickly or irritating sensation on your skin.
The mosquito bites made me itch all day.
Often appears as...
- scratch an itch
- itching sensation
noun
An annoying feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch.
I have had an itch on my back all day.
Often appears as...
- have an itch
- scratch an itch
verb
A strong want or need for something.
I had an itch to travel after I graduated.
Often appears as...
- have an itch
- itch to do something
Usage tips
Approving
verb
To make a small, quick movements in response to itchiness.
The sweater was making my skin itch.
Often appears as...
- make skin itch
- itching sensation
verb
Feeling or causing a prickly or irritating sensation on your skin.
The mosquito bites made me itch all day.
Often appears as...
- scratch an itch
- itching sensation
noun
An annoying feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch.
I have had an itch on my back all day.
Often appears as...
- have an itch
- scratch an itch
verb
A strong want or need for something.
I had an itch to travel after I graduated.
Often appears as...
- have an itch
- itch to do something
Usage tips
Approving
verb
To make a small, quick movements in response to itchiness.
The sweater was making my skin itch.
Often appears as...
- make skin itch
- itching sensation
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Associated Actions
Itch is often accompanied by the desire to scratch, rub, or touch the skin.
The label in my shirt is so itchy, I can't stop scratching it.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Discomfort
Itch in the verb form suggests a physical sensation that is hard to ignore.
Every time I wear wool, it makes my arms itch terribly.
Pro Tip 1/2Associated Actions
Itch is often accompanied by the desire to scratch, rub, or touch the skin.
The label in my shirt is so itchy, I can't stop scratching it.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Discomfort
Itch in the verb form suggests a physical sensation that is hard to ignore.
Every time I wear wool, it makes my arms itch terribly.
Pro Tip 1/2Associated Actions
Itch is often accompanied by the desire to scratch, rub, or touch the skin.
The label in my shirt is so itchy, I can't stop scratching it.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Discomfort
Itch in the verb form suggests a physical sensation that is hard to ignore.
Every time I wear wool, it makes my arms itch terribly.
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Can you actually boost...
what do they even mean? Do they mean boost the histamine that's released when exposed to poison ivy? Well, that would you itch a lot more. Do they mean supercharge your T and B cells? Might that lead your body to attack its own cells, as we see with autoimmune conditions?
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Why do we itch? - Emma...
This enables increased blood flow, which helpfully accelerates the body's immune response to this perceived threat. That explains the swelling, and it's the same reason pollen can make your eyes puff up. Histamine also activates the nerves involved in itching,
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The loathsome, lethal...
What's the worst bug on the planet? You might vote for the horsefly or perhaps the wasp, but for many people, the worst offender is by far the mosquito. The buzzing, the biting, the itching, the mosquito is one of the most commonly detested pests in the world.
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Girls helping girls PIPE...
girls just itching to change realities but who simply didn't know how and like a viral message our mission spread and spread and spread until it became a global movement unrestrained by a single director but burgeoning with the mind of its own today
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How does your immune...
A mosquito lands on your arm, injects its chemicals into your skin, and begins to feed. You wouldn’t even know it was there, if not for the red lump that appears, accompanied by a telltale itch. It’s a nuisance, but that bump is an important signal
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What causes dandruff,...
and pry its barrier open, allowing water to escape. The body detects these breaches and responds defensively, causing the inflammation that gives dandruff it’s itch. It also makes the skin cells proliferate to repair the damaged barrier.
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Octopus Kills Shark PIPE...
menacing on the prowl just itching to use those rows of teeth to crush its next meal I've got a feeling this real-life version of Jaws isn't going to be pretty and so the shark the shark
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My year of saying yes to...
And I feel stiff and delirious and confused most of the time. I itch for my cell phone always. But it is OK. My tiny humans show me how to live and the hum of the universe fills me up.
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Shark vs Octopus PIPE...
menacing on the prowl just itching to use those rows of teeth to crush its next meal I've got a feeling this real-life version of Jaws isn't going to
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Bears Dancing in the...
but summer is short itches satisfactorily scratched it's time to eat
Video examples
Can you actually boost...
what do they even mean? Do they mean boost the histamine that's released when exposed to poison ivy? Well, that would you itch a lot more. Do they mean supercharge your T and B cells? Might that lead your body to attack its own cells, as we see with autoimmune conditions?
Video examples
Why do we itch? - Emma...
This enables increased blood flow, which helpfully accelerates the body's immune response to this perceived threat. That explains the swelling, and it's the same reason pollen can make your eyes puff up. Histamine also activates the nerves involved in itching,
Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
What's the worst bug on the planet? You might vote for the horsefly or perhaps the wasp, but for many people, the worst offender is by far the mosquito. The buzzing, the biting, the itching, the mosquito is one of the most commonly detested pests in the world.
Video examples
Girls helping girls PIPE...
girls just itching to change realities but who simply didn't know how and like a viral message our mission spread and spread and spread until it became a global movement unrestrained by a single director but burgeoning with the mind of its own today
Video examples
How does your immune...
A mosquito lands on your arm, injects its chemicals into your skin, and begins to feed. You wouldn’t even know it was there, if not for the red lump that appears, accompanied by a telltale itch. It’s a nuisance, but that bump is an important signal
Video examples
What causes dandruff,...
and pry its barrier open, allowing water to escape. The body detects these breaches and responds defensively, causing the inflammation that gives dandruff it’s itch. It also makes the skin cells proliferate to repair the damaged barrier.
Video examples
Octopus Kills Shark PIPE...
menacing on the prowl just itching to use those rows of teeth to crush its next meal I've got a feeling this real-life version of Jaws isn't going to be pretty and so the shark the shark
Video examples
My year of saying yes to...
And I feel stiff and delirious and confused most of the time. I itch for my cell phone always. But it is OK. My tiny humans show me how to live and the hum of the universe fills me up.
Video examples
Shark vs Octopus PIPE...
menacing on the prowl just itching to use those rows of teeth to crush its next meal I've got a feeling this real-life version of Jaws isn't going to
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Bears Dancing in the...
but summer is short itches satisfactorily scratched it's time to eat
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Quote examples
Chuck Liddell
American Athlete
I don't think the itch to fight has ever left me, ever. I mean, I got paid to do what I love for a living, and I got paid very well to do it. So that's going to always be there. That's always going to be like, 'Man, I wouldn't mind getting out there again.
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Robert M. Hutchins
American Educator
It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.
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Ryan North
Canadian Writer
As a kid, I loved the idea of alternate possibilities, roads not taken, that sort of thing - and I think seeing the 'Adventure Time' universe rendered by the artists in those stories will scratch that same itch really well.
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Cameron Britton
American Actor
I just love characters that are complex, that you can dig into and keep itching the scratch and never quite be satisfied because they have enough going on with them that it's like a giant puzzle.
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Paul Johnson
British Journalist
At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most destructive and creative of species.
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Ato Essandoh
American Actor
I have the softest beard in the world. As far as growing it, it doesn't itch, and it's so non-intrusive. But I am so sick of hair on my face and on my head.
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Sam Wood
American Director
While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
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Summer Rae
American Wrestler
I will say I am itching for some babyface-ness in my life.
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Ogden Nash
American Poet
Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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Supriya Pathak
I am itching to play every character.
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Chuck Liddell
American Athlete
I don't think the itch to fight has ever left me, ever. I mean, I got paid to do what I love for a living, and I got paid very well to do it. So that's going to always be there. That's always going to be like, 'Man, I wouldn't mind getting out there again.
Quote examples
Robert M. Hutchins
American Educator
It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.
Quote examples
Ryan North
Canadian Writer
As a kid, I loved the idea of alternate possibilities, roads not taken, that sort of thing - and I think seeing the 'Adventure Time' universe rendered by the artists in those stories will scratch that same itch really well.
Quote examples
Cameron Britton
American Actor
I just love characters that are complex, that you can dig into and keep itching the scratch and never quite be satisfied because they have enough going on with them that it's like a giant puzzle.
Quote examples
Paul Johnson
British Journalist
At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most destructive and creative of species.
Quote examples
Ato Essandoh
American Actor
I have the softest beard in the world. As far as growing it, it doesn't itch, and it's so non-intrusive. But I am so sick of hair on my face and on my head.
Quote examples
Sam Wood
American Director
While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
Quote examples
Summer Rae
American Wrestler
I will say I am itching for some babyface-ness in my life.
Quote examples
Ogden Nash
American Poet
Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
Quote examples
Supriya Pathak
I am itching to play every character.
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