To feel a peculiar irritation or tingling of the skin, producing an inclination to scratch the part so affected.
Hence To experience a provoking, teasing, or tingling desire to do or to get something.
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A tingling sensation of irritation in the skin, produced by disease (see def. 2) or in any other way.
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An inflammation of the human skin, caused by the presence of a minute mite, Sarcoptes scabiei (see itch-mite), presenting papules, vesicles, and pustules, and accompanied with great itching; scabies.
noun.
Hence An uneasy longing or propensity; a teasing or tingling desire: as, an itch for praise; an itch for scribbling.
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See the qualifying words.