itch

1. (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.

2. (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.Examples: "He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since."; "Capulet: ... Speak not, reply not, do not answer me; / My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest / That God had lent us but this only child; / But now I see this one is one too much, / And that we have a curse in having her: / Out on her, hilding!"

3. (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.Examples: "My head is suddenly itching me like mad."

4. (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.Examples: ""What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck."; "I have to take both shoes and socks off! If I go bare foot I'm ok! I also get itching on my r/palm of my hand. I itch it so much that it's raw!"; "Basically I go through a half hour of trying to figure out of it is an fake OCD itch or a regular itch before I itch it (if I determine it's a "fake" itch, then I try not to itch it)."