Definitions for itching

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itching itch·ing

Spelling: [ich-ing]

IPA: /ˈɪtʃ ɪŋ/

Itching is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in itching (cghiint).

Definitions for itching

noun

1. itch.
2. the sensation of itching.
3. an uneasy or restless desire or longing:
4. a contagious disease caused by the itch mite, which burrows into the skin (usually preceded by the).

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by an irritating sensation of the skin.
2. of, relating to, or having a longing or desire to do or have something:
3. characterized by restlessness or the desire for adventure or activity:
4. characterized by the desire to grasp; grasping; an itching palm open for a bribe.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to have an itch:
2. Informal. to scratch (a part that itches):
3. to annoy; vex; irritate:

verb (used without object)

1. to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected:
2. to cause such a feeling:
3. Informal. to scratch a part that itches.
4. to have a desire to do or get something:

Origin of itching

before 1000; Middle English (y)ichinge, (y)itchinge (noun, adj.); replacing Old English giccende (adj.). See itch, -ing², Examples for itching

It was like witnessing the last two weeks of the life of a blind and toothless dog you knew the vet was just itching to destroy.

He was itching to talk about books and make the most of his romantic hour.

I am itching all ofer with iteas, as if I were living in a bag of vleas.

itching for the erotic details of Jess and Nick's New Girl dalliance?

The boys, at least, had been itching for something like this ever since the trouble started.

The news stimulated him, and in a little while he was itching to write again.

Since you have told me their plans I am itching to get at them.

The Into the Woods director, it soon becomes clear, is itching to get something off his chest.

And then, after leaving the whole industry behind 15 years ago, finding himself now itching to get back into the biz again.

And of course, as schools open up again across the country, many high schoolers are itching with misgivings of their own.