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Eczema is a skin condition that causes a red, itchy rash. In addition to prescription medication to treat or prevent symptoms, there are several strategies you can employ in everyday life to stop. For some people, the itching their whole body feels drives them crazy, especially when there is no visible rash or skin reaction that accompanies the itching. If itchy skin is a condition you battle all the time, read on to find out how to make the itching stop once and for all. Causes Of Itching All Over The Body.
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scratch
(skrăch)v.tr.1. To make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a surface) with a sharp instrument.
2. To use the nails or claws to dig or scrape at.
3. To rub or scrape (the skin) to relieve itching.
5. To write or draw (something) by scraping a surface: scratched their initials on a rock.
6. To write or draw hurriedly: scratched off a thank-you note.
7. a. To strike out or cancel (a word, for example) by or as if by drawing lines through.
b. Slang To cancel (a project or program, for example).
8. a. To withdraw (an entry) from a contest or competition: The jockey decided to scratch the horse when it sprained its ankle.
b. To withdraw an entry from (a contest or competition): Having won three races already, the swimmer scratched her final event.
v.intr.1. To use the nails or claws to dig, scrape, or wound.
3. To make a harsh scraping sound.
4. To gather funds or produce a living with difficulty.
5. b. Games To make a shot in billiards that results in a penalty, as when the cue ball falls into a pocket or jumps the cushion.
n.1. a. A mark resembling a line that is produced by scratching.
2. A hasty scribble.
4. b. A contestant who has been withdrawn from a competition.
5. Gamesb. A fluke or chance shot in billiards.
7. Slang Money.
adj.2. Assembled hastily or at random.
Idioms: from scratch
scratch the surface To investigate or treat something in superficial or preliminary fashion.
up to scratchInformal2. In fit condition.
[Middle English scracchen, probably blend of scratten, to scratch, and cracchen, to scratch (possibly from Middle Dutch cratsen).]
scratching
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ˈskrætʃɪŋ) n (Electronics) a percussive effect obtained by rotating a gramophone record manually: a disc-jockey and dub technique
| Noun | 1. | scratching - a harsh noise made by scraping; 'the scrape of violin bows distracted her' scrape, scraping, scratch noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); 'he enjoyed the street noises'; 'they heard indistinct noises of people talking'; 'during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels' |
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(as) busy as a one-armed paperhanger (with an itch)
Constantly busy, active, or occupied (with something). I'm currently choreographing three plays, so I'm busy as one-armed paperhanger.Can we meet next week instead? I'm just as busy as a one-armed paperhanger with an itch right now.
(one's) fingers itch
One is eager to begin or undertake some work or task that involves one's hands. Here are nine awesome do-it-yourself projects that will make your fingers itch!I finally took a two-week vacation, but as soon as we began to rest, I could feel my fingers itching to do something—anything—productive.
an itching palm
What one is said to have when they need or want a tip or bribe. A: 'I can't believe that guy at the desk actually answered all of your questions!' B: 'Ah, he just had an itching palm—a little money made him more inclined to talk.'
get an/the itch for (something)
To become interested in or desirous of something. I've got the itch for another road trip, but I'm not sure where to go.I know she says she's given up acting, but I'm sure she'll get an itch for it sooner than later.
get an/the itch to (do something)
To become interested in or desirous of something. I've got the itch to go on another road trip, but I'm not sure where to go.I know she says she's given up acting, but I'm sure she'll get an itch to do it again sooner than later.
give (someone) an/the itch for (something)
To cause someone to have an interest in or desire to do something. With all your talk of your trip to Sedona, you've really given me the itch for another road trip.Seeing that play gave me an itch for acting again.
give (someone) an/the itch to (do something)
To cause someone to have an interest in or desire to do something. With all your talk of your trip to Sedona, you've really given me the itch to go on another road trip.Seeing that play gave me an itch to act again.
have an itch for (something)
To have an interest in or desire to do something. I have an itch for another road trip, but I'm not sure where to go.If you're starting to have an itch for acting again, then you should get back on stage.
have an/the itch to (do something)
To have an interest in or desire to do something. I have the itch for another road trip—when should we go?If you have an itch to act again, then you should get back on stage.
itch for (something)
Scratching For A Living Itching For A Fight Lyrics
1. verb To have an interest in or desire to do something. I'm itching for another road trip, but I'm not sure where to go.If you're itching for the spotlight again, then you should get back on stage.
2. noun An interest in or desire to do something. I have an itch for another road trip, but I'm not sure where to go.If you're starting to have an itch for acting again, then you should get back on stage.
itch to (do something)
To have an interest in or desire to do something. I'm itching for another road trip—when should we go?If you're itching to act again, then you should get back on stage.
make (one's) teeth itch
1. To greatly irritate or annoy one, especially to the point of affecting their nerves. Nothing makes my teeth itch like seeing these cyclists run every red light in town!I don't know what it is about Terry, but there's something about his demeanor that just makes my teeth itch!
2. To cause one to be especially upset, nervous, or uncomfortable. Please don't tell me about your surgery—it makes my teeth itch hearing about blood and gore.
the seven-year itch
The supposed inclination of a person, typically a man, to begin longing for sexual relations with other people after seven years of marriage. Everyone warned me about the seven-year itch, but I've been completely content with my wife every second that we've been together.A: 'I heard Jack has been having an affair with a bartender from across town.' B: 'Hmm, sounds like the seven-year itch to me.'
*itch for something
a desire for something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) l have an itch for some ice cream.We had an itch for a good movie, so we went.
itch for something
Fig. to desire something. I'm just itching for a visit from Amy.We are itching for some chocolate.
*itch to do something
Fig. a desire to do something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I have an itch to see a movie tonight.Tom has an itch to go swimming.
*itchy palm
and *itching palmFig. [of a hand] in need of a tip. (As if placing money in the palm would stop the itching. *Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) All the waiters at that restaurant have itchy palms.The cabdriver was troubled by an itching palm. Since he refused to carry my bags, I gave him nothing.Whenever he sees expensive luggage, the hotel doorman gets an itching palm.
seven-year itch
a real or imagined longing for other women in a man's seventh year of marriage. Looks like Jack has the seven-year itch. The seven-year itch is just a rumor.
itch for, have an
Also, itch to. Have a persistent restless craving for, as in Dean has an itch for excitement, or Chris is itching to go around the world. [Late 1500s]
itchy palm
Also, itching palm. A desire for money, greed; also, wanting a bribe. For example, The porter has an itchy palm; he wants a big tip, or The mayor was known for his itchy palm. This expression alludes to placing money in the palm of the hand. [Late 1500s]
your fingers itch
you are longing or impatient to do something.1998Patchwork & Quilting There's a good gallery towards the end of the book and it will make your fingers itch to get started.
an itching palm
an avaricious or greedy nature.1937WyndhamLewisThe Revenge for Love Had Alvaro been bribed? Had such a man an itching palm like the rest of them?
the seven year ˈitch
(informal) the wish for a new sexual partner because you are bored with your husband or wife: He’s started looking at all the women in the office. It must be the seven year itch.See also: itch, seven, year
have an itch for something
tv. to have a desire for something. (Have got can replace have.) We had an itch for a good movie, so we went.
seven-year itch
n. a real or imagined longing for other women in a man’s seventh year of marriage. Looks like Jack has the seven-year itch.
finger itches to, one's/my
I am (one is) extremely eager to do something. The use of “itch” for “desire” is almost as old as the desire to scratch something that itches. “Our fingers wyll itch at hym,” wrote John Stubbs (The Discoverie of a Gaping Gulf, 1579), and soon afterward Shakespeare wrote, “If I see a word out, my finger itches to make one” (The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1601, 2.3). Considerably later came Charles Kingsley with his “The men’s fingers are itching for a fight” (Hypatia, 1853), which subsequently was shortened to itching for a fight. See also itchy palm.
seven-year itch
A yearning for change, specifically a change of sexual partner after seven years of marriage. This expression gained currency through George Axelrod’s play The Seven-Year Itch (1952), later made into a movie starring Marilyn Monroe (1955). Originally the phrase was used for various skin conditions. One such use was for poison ivy, in the belief that the rash would recur every year for seven years. Also, centuries ago itch was a slang word for “sexual desire.” Today, the expression invariably refers to the wish for a new sexual partner and, for some reason, tends to be applied only to men. Thus Patricia Moyes wrote, “There’s something called the seven-year itch . . . middle-aged men quite suddenly cutting loose” (Angel of Death, 1980).
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