noun usually in singular

an uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.

〖通例単数形で〗かゆいこと, かゆみ

usually with modifier a skin disease or condition of which itching is a symptom.

informal a restless or strong desire:

｟くだけて｠ 〖通例単数形で〗 «…したいという/…に対する» (むずむずするような)熱望, たまらなさ «to do/for»

e.g. with infinitive : the itch to write fiction.

(the itch) informal scabies.

〖the ～〗 疥癬（かいせん）, 皮癬（ひぜん）

verb no object

be the site of or cause an itch:

〈服･炎症などが〉かゆみを感じさせる, ちくちくする

e.g. the bite itched like crazy.

(of a person) experience an itch:

〈人･体(の部分)が〉かゆい

e.g. I itched all over.

informal feel a restless or strong desire to do something:

｟くだけて｠ ; 〖通例be ～ing to do/for A〗 …したくて［Aが欲しくて］たまらない

e.g. with infinitive : your hands itch to take the wheel.

Old English gycce (noun), gyccan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeuk (noun) and Dutch jeuken, German jucken (verb).