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Definition of itch noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

itch

noun
 
/ɪtʃ/
 
/ɪtʃ/
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  1. [countable, usually singular] an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch yourself (= rub your skin with your nails)
    • to get/have an itch
    see also jock itch
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slight
    • jock
    • seven-year
    • …
    verb + itch
    • feel
    • relieve
    • scratch
    • …
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  2. [singular] itch (to do something) (informal) a strong desire to do something
    • She has an itch to travel.
    • the creative itch
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slight
    • jock
    • seven-year
    • …
    verb + itch
    • feel
    • relieve
    • scratch
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginOld English gycce (noun), gyccan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeuk (noun) and Dutch jeuken, German jucken (verb).
Idioms
the seven-year itch
  1. (informal, humorous) the desire for new sexual experience that is thought to be felt after seven years of marriage
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