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Definition: Itchy |
ItchyAdjective1. Unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "itchy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Synonyms: ItchySynonyms: fidgety (adj), fretful (adj), restless (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Itchy |
| English words defined with "itchy": chromoblastomycosis ♦ dermatitis ♦ hives ♦ lichen planus, lichen ruber planus ♦ nettle rash ♦ pityriasis rosea ♦ seborrheic keratosis ♦ urticaria, urtication. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "itchy": copra itch ♦ Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster ♦ hacker humor, hacker humour, hemorroids. (references) |
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Screenplays | And cover up my Itchy Amorada? (The Cosby Show; writing credit: Bob Shayne) Well, it's healed up, but it was sort of red and crusty with little itchy places (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) It's a little itchy. What's it made out of? (SpongeBob SquarePants; writing credit: Leonardo Fasoli; Patrizia Fassio) I've had it with this itchy costume! (Sailor Moon; writing credit: Todd Swift) | |
Lyrics | I got an itchy finger following me (Armageddon It; performing artist: Def Leppard) The race militia has got itchy fingers (UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT; performing artist: Rolling Stones) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Health | Males with genital candidiasis may experience an itchy rash on the penis. (references) | |
The most common symptoms of primary biliary cirrhosis are itchy skin and fatigue. (references) | ||
Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a severe itchy, blistering skin disease caused by gluten intolerance. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Itchy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.43% of the time. "Itchy" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.43% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 56 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "itchy": be itchy. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "itchy": itchy-fingered, itchy-footed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
itchy skin | 455 | itchy rashes | 18 |
itchy scalp | 130 | cause itchy skin | 17 |
itchy and scratchy | 89 | itchy dog | 17 |
itchy | 72 | itchy nose | 16 |
itchy rash | 57 | itchy rash red | 15 |
itchy ear | 55 | itchy skin rash | 15 |
itchy eyes | 51 | itchy scrotum | 14 |
itchy foot | 43 | dry itchy scalp | 14 |
itchy vagina | 39 | eyelid itchy | 13 |
itchy palm | 35 | itchy scratchy show | 13 |
itchy anus | 35 | foot hands itchy | 13 |
breast itchy | 32 | itchy sunburn | 12 |
itchy hands | 30 | itchy rectum | 11 |
itchy penis | 27 | dog itchy skin | 11 |
itchy throat | 25 | butt itchy | 11 |
dry itchy skin | 25 | itchy testicle | 10 |
itchy leg | 21 | itchy bump on skin | 9 |
bump itchy red | 19 | fish itchy | 8 |
bump itchy | 19 | itchy back | 8 |
itchy nipples | 19 | armpit itchy | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "itchy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بياكلني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | крастав (mangy, scabbed, scabby, scabious), който сърби. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svìdivý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خارش دار (Prurient, Pruriginous, Urticant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | qui démange. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kratzig (prickly, rasping, scratchy), juckend (itching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κνησμώδησ (prurient, scratchy), ψωριάρησ (mangy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ'ר" (case, drawer, irritating), מ'ר" (abrasor, curette, grater, scraper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rühes (mangy, scabby, scabious, shabby). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menggerinyau (feel itchy), gerinyau (feel itchy), gelegata (itchy rash, prickly beat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pruriginoso (exciting, pruritic, titillating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 'い (itching), み使い (angel, be impatient, bushy, conspicuously, crunch, giant flying squirrel, incomprehensible muttering, irresistibly, itch, make good use of, make the most of, morose, munch, nausea, offended, queasy, ragged, rugged, shaggy, soy sauce, stuffy, suddenly, sullen, surge of anger, talking in sleep, to be fretful, to be in a spleen, to be in a temper, to be in ill humour, to be irritated, to be vexed, to become angry or sullen, to become serious, to blow, to feel irritated, to feel offended, to feel sick, to fret, to have the appearance of ~, to jerk off, to masturbate, to show signs of ~, to take somethingseriously, woman's desire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かゆい (itching), むずむず (be impatient, itch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | taghyssagh (purient). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itchyay tinhoso (mangy), sarnento (mangy, scabious), que faz comichão (itching). (various references) râios (itching, mangy, scabby). (various references) вызывающий зуд, зудящий (itching). (various references) clòimhdich (rub or scratch as itchy). (various references) koji svrbi (itching). (various references) sarnoso (mangy, scabiesious, scabious), que siente comezón, picante (biting, gamy, hot, juicy, naughty, nutty, peppery, piquancy, piquant, pointed, pungency, pungent, raciness, racy, salty, spice, spicy). (various references) kliande (itching). (various references) คัน. (various references) istekli (agog, ambitious, anxious, applicant, aspirant, athirst for, cheerful, covetous, dead set, desirous, devout, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, forward, full of zeal, hellbent, inclinable, inclined, intense, intent, itching, keen, minded, ready, solicitous, strong, thirsty, voracious, willing, wishful, wistful), uyuz (heartless, inert, itch, languid, mange, mangy, scab, scabby, scabies, scabious, slouching, slouchy, stick in the mud), sinir edici, kaşıntılı (scabious), kaşınan (itching, scratchy), hevesli (ambitious, anxious, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, full of zeal, game, great, greedy, hellbent, intent, itching, keen, responsive, spirited, studious, zealous). (various references) що свербить (itching), коростяний (mangy, scabious). (various references) ngứa; l m ngứa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "itchy": bitchy, fitchy, glitchy, pitchy, twitchy, witchy. (additional references) | |
Words containing "itchy": switchyard, switchyards. (additional references) | |
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"Itchy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ditchy, Eithy, etchy, Iachr, ichty, icthy, ithy, Ittc, kitchy, Mitchie, tch, ticey, tich, Tichy, Tikcha, Tikhii, Tithby, zitch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "itchy" (pronounced i"khē) |
| 3 | i" kh ē | bitchy, witchy. |
| 2 | -kh ē | Apache, Beachy, beechy, bocce, bunchy, catchy, chichi, crunchy, duchy, hibachi, kimchee, kimchi, Mariachi, patchy, paunchy, peachy, preachy, punchy, raunchy, scratchy, sketchy, starchy, techy, touchy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-i-t-y" | |
-1 letter: chit, city, itch. | |
-2 letters: chi, hic, hit, ich, icy, thy, tic. | |
-3 letters: hi, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-t-y" | |
+1 letter: bitchy, chitty, fitchy, mythic, pitchy, thymic, witchy. | |
+2 letters: charity, chintzy, christy, chymist, diptych, ethylic, glitchy, itchily, kitschy, lecythi, lichtly, techily, thickly, twitchy. | |
+3 letters: arythmic, bitchery, bitchily, botchily, chastity, chattily, chymists, diptychs, hecticly, helicity, hyacinth, hypnotic, hysteric, ichthyic, kyphotic, lecythis, methylic, mythical, oophytic, patchily, phyletic, phytonic, pitchily, pythonic, rhythmic, scything, tetchily, theodicy, thickety, touchily, triarchy, triptych, typhonic, witchery, yachting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 74 63 68 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. - -.-. .... -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01110100 01100011 01101000 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I t c h y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0074 0063 0068 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4386697491 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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