Usually means: Uncomfortable sensation causing desire to scratch.
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We found 44 dictionaries that define the word itch:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. itch: Merriam-Webster
  2. itch, the itch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. itch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. itch: Collins English Dictionary
  5. itch: Vocabulary.com
  6. Itch, itch: Wordnik
  7. itch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. itch: Wiktionary
  9. itch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. itch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. itch: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. itch, the itch: Dictionary.com
  13. itch (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. itch: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. ITCH, Itch (EP), Itch (Kim Mitchell album), Itch (TV series), Itch (disambiguation), Itch, The Itch (House), The Itch (Vitamin C song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Itch: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. itch: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. itch: Rhymezone
  19. itch: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. itch: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ITCH: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. Itch: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. itch: FreeDictionary.org
  24. itch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. itch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. itch: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. itch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. itch: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. itch: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. itch: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. itch: Medical dictionary
  6. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. ITCH: Acronym Finder
  4. itch: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Itch (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. itch: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. I.T.C.H, itch: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
noun:  A constant teasing desire or want.
verb:  (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
verb:  (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
verb:  (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

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