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itch | t |

As a noun itch

is a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.

As a verb itch

is to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.

As a letter t is

the twentieth letter of the.

As a symbol t is

symbol for tesla, the si unit of magnetic flux density.

itch

English

(wikipedia itch)

Alternative forms

* (noun) (l), (l), (l) (in Scotland)

Noun

(es)
  • A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
  • A desire or want.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * barber's itch * itchy * jock itch * seven-year itch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
  • *
    • 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!
  • To want or desire.
    • He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
  • To cause to feel an itch.
  • (colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
  • * 2002 , M D Huddleston, Missing Paige :
    • "What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.
  • * 2002 January 4, "Cyd" (username), Itching'', in alt.support.mult-sclerosis, ''Usenet :
    • 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!
  • * 2003 November 21, "Jim Patterson" (username), Behavior Therapy for Itchy Clothes?'', in alt.support.ocd, ''Usenet :
    • 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).
  • * 2003 , Ray Emerson, The Riddle of Cthulhu :
    • Ulysses thumped his side and itched his back side, then slipped into his car.
  • * 2004 , Philip Smucker, Al Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terror's Trail :
    • But when we asked more about the famous man whose specter still commanded the heights, the guard just sneered at me, pointed his gun back toward the road with one hand, and itched his chin with the other.

    Derived terms

    * make one's teeth itch

    Anagrams

    * *

    t

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=s, next=u, image= (wikipedia t)

    Letter

  • The twentieth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * (tau) * (te) * Turned:

    Symbol

    (Voiceless alveolar plosive) (head)
  • voiceless alveolar plosive.
  • time
  • tonne

    • Usage notes

    * As a symbol meaning "time", t is italicised in print; for example, "the position at time t'' is ''x ".

    Noun

    (head)
  • (LISP) The atom representing true, as opposed to nil.

    • See also

    {{Letter , page=T , NATO=Tango , Morse=– , Character=T , Braille=? }} Image:Latin T.png, Capital and lowercase versions of T , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter T.png, Uppercase and lowercase T in Fraktur File:Latin_alphabet_Tt.svg, Uppercase and lowercase T in sans-serif and serif font ----