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Itched

Itch \Itch\ ([i^]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Itched ([i^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Itching.] [OE. icchen, [yogh]icchen, AS. giccan; akin to D. jeuken, joken, G. jucken, OHG. jucchen.]

  1. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

    My mouth hath itched all this long day.
    --Chaucer.

  2. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears. ``An itching palm.''
    --Shak.

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itched

vb. (en-past of: itch)

Usage examples of "itched".

He fairly itched with new knowledge and had no way to convey it to anyone.

He fairly itched to get his newly acquired insights where they could do the most good.

Legality would be the most valuable reward he could offer, and still her fingers itched to relieve him of the money.

The cooler air encouraged a different set of insects to appear, ones that bit and itched and forced everyone to take refuge in the scout-ship.

He itched to draw her close and kiss her until they were both breathless and struggling to get inside each other’s skin.

Her fingers itched for the cell phone, but she had already outlined their plan to Archer.

His hands itched to feel what he was seeing, to shape her rear and squeeze, filling his hands with her flesh.

At the moment he wore a black Stetson over his temporarily dyed black hair, had fake face fur that itched like fire ants, and a snub-nosed thirty-eight in his boot holster.

Her nose itched from the straw dust, and she rubbed it, hoping she wouldn't sneeze too much.

She itched to know why Mary would not marry a prime catch like the Honorable Bork Vanning and was almost as curious as to why and where Mary was going, but the custom of privacy stopped her.

High summer was upon us, and I itched to go outside and bury my hands in clean dirt.

The wildness rose in him like a gift, spreading so that his skin itched and his claws lengthened.

His skin itched as he tasted her acceptance of him, ropes of muscles contracting as he dragged her closer, his thigh moving over hers to pin her beneath him.

Sometimes her fingers itched to stroke his chest, to run her fingertips down his flat belly.

She itched, a wave of it rushing over her so that she looked down and saw something move beneath her skin as if alive.