itching
NounUS[ich-ing]/ˈɪtʃɪŋ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratchSynonyms: itchitchinessType of cutaneous sensation, haptic sensationKinds pruritus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“itching” is listed under Itch.
Itch (ĭch), intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Itched (ĭcht); present participle & verbal noun Itching.]
Origin: OE. icchen, ȝicchen, 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.— Geoffrey Chaucer
2. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears. “An itching palm.” William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54