ITCH


Meaning of ITCH in English

n. & v.

n. 1 an irritation in the skin. 2 an impatient desire; a hankering. 3 (prec. by the) (in general use) scabies.

v.intr. 1 feel an irritation in the skin, causing a desire to scratch it. 2 (usu. foll. by to + infin.) (of a person) feel a desire to do something (am itching to tell you the news). itching palm avarice. itch-mite a parasitic arthropod, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin causing scabies.

[ OE gycce, gyccan f. WG ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.