noun
Meaning 1
A sensation that itches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pruritus
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
itching
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪtʃɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: IH1 CH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of itch
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: itch, itchiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation
Narrower terms: pruritus
History
Etymology
From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ʒicchunge (also unassibilated as ʒykynge), equivalent to itch + -ing.
From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kutina — sensation
- Finnish: kutka — sensation
- Finnish: syyhytys — sensation
- Finnish: syyhyäminen — sensation
Real reading context