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itching

[ ich-ing ]

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adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by an irritating sensation of the skin.
of, relating to, or having a longing or desire to do or have something:
An itching public anxiously awaits her announcement.
characterized by restlessness or the desire for adventure or activity:
an itching impulse to travel.
characterized by the desire to grasp; grasping; an itching palm open for a bribe.

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Origin of itching¹

before 1000; Middle English ( y ) ichinge, ( y ) itchinge (noun, adj.); replacing Old English giccende (adj.). See itch, -ing ², -ing ¹

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

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.

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

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

American congressmen itching for a fight declared they would no longer eat French fries, only “freedom fries.”

My late distemper of heat and itching being come upon me again, so that I must think of sweating again as I did before.

In hay fever, the itching and redness of the eyes, nose, and throat are controlled from a sensitive point in the naso-pharynx.

I gravely placed a gold piece in his itching palm, asking, "What did they write on the walls?"

Itching and reddening of the skin commenced within twenty-four hours.

An itching red spot about the size of a dime was noticed in thirty-six hours, and it steadily increased in size.

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