itchyitch‧y /ˈɪtʃi/ ●○○ adjective (comparative itchier, superlative itchiest) 
My eyes sometimes get red and itchy in the summer. an itchy rash2if clothes are itchy, they make your skin feel slightly unpleasant, so that you want to rub your skin with your nails SYN scratchy: These tights are all itchy.3wanting to go somewhere new or do something different: He’s had that job now for about eight years, and he’s starting to get itchy. I’ve only been back home for a few months and I’ve already got itchy feet (=the desire to go somewhere new).4itchy fingers informal someone with itchy fingers is likely to steal things: I tucked the bills deep into my pocket, away from itchy fingers.—itchiness noun [uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- an itchy sweater
- I feel terrible and my eyes are itchy.
- Enlarged lymph nodes; light sweat and low fever; can be itchy when warm.
- Even when all sign of life had gone I kept on feeling itchy.
- It may also appear on other parts of the body in the form of an itchy rash known as ringworm.
- Sometimes nurses tied down the arms of children who insisted on ripping off the thick, itchy rags.
- They are so itchy that I scratch myself hard.
- Two years later, however, Mark found himself feeling itchy again.
- You may also have a dry irritating cough, a sore throat and a runny, itchy nose.
Longman Language Activatora strong desire to travel
written a strong desire to travel and to experience life in other countries: · It was not wanderlust alone that made him keen to visit Brazil. He thought he might hear news of his natural mother there.
British informal the desire to travel, which makes it difficult for you to stay in one place for very long: · I always get itchy feet at this time of year, in the spring.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He’s had that job now for about eight years, and he’s starting to get itchy. I’ve only been back home for a few months and I’ve already got itchy feet (=the desire to go somewhere new).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
He’s had that job now for about eight years, and he’s starting to get itchy. I’ve only been back home for a few months and I’ve already got itchy feet (=the desire to go somewhere new). (=making you want to scratch)· The cream made my skin feel itchy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Armchair travellers will be riveted to their seats while the more adventurous will get itchy feet.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1if part of your body is itchy, it feels slightly unpleasant and you want to rub it with your nails: - I tucked the money deep in my pocket, away from itchy fingers.
My eyes sometimes get red and itchy in the summer. an itchy rash2if clothes are itchy, they make your skin feel slightly unpleasant, so that you want to rub your skin with your nails SYN scratchy: These tights are all itchy.3wanting to go somewhere new or do something different: He’s had that job now for about eight years, and he’s starting to get itchy. I’ve only been back home for a few months and I’ve already got itchy feet (=the desire to go somewhere new).4itchy fingers informal someone with itchy fingers is likely to steal things: I tucked the bills deep into my pocket, away from itchy fingers.—itchiness noun [uncountable]