transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪtʃ ]
( itches, itching, itched)
1.
When a part of your body itches , you have an unpleasant feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch.
When someone has hayfever, the eyes and nose will stream and itch...
...dry, itching skin.
VERB : V , V-ing
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Itch is also a noun.
Scratch my back–I’ve got an itch.
N-COUNT
• itch‧ing
It may be that the itching is caused by contact with irritant material.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you are itching to do something, you are very eager or impatient to do it. ( INFORMAL )
I was itching to get involved and to bring my own theories into practice...
The general was itching for a fight.
VERB : usu cont , V to-inf , V for n
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Itch is also a noun.
...viewers with an insatiable itch to switch channels.
N-SING : usu N to-inf