I. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the seven year itch
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We've been together eight years now - so we're over the seven year itch, not that I had one.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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My back itches.
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These pants itch me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And I positively itched to grab the oars and row, row, row.
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His body itched where the cotton touched it.
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I just wanted to stop itching and sleep.
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It was something which Morton itched to do - perhaps only because he knew it was impossible.
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No doubt he had observed her talking to the Shergolds and was itching for the chance to find out what she knew.
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Once a week or so accordion music sounds will make feet itch under a canopy of stars in the tiny village square.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A tearful itch tickled my lids as spoked hangovers flashed past.
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But a familiar itch was making itself felt.
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But when you came to hunt for this particular itch , it was always the next regiment that had it.
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Feeling an itch under her waistband, Fourth Aunt reached down and plucked out something fat and meaty.
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Now the buds are blossoming and the cricketing itch is gnawing at our stomachs.
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She could feel a strange tugging, almost like an itch inside her head.