itching
adj.adj. having a strong feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch. It can also describe a strong desire to do something new.
adj. experiencing a restless or irritating sensation on the skin; by extension, feeling a strong or impatient desire to act. Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'feel' or 'be'.
My skin is itching after walking through the tall grass.
After three years in the same office job, he was itching to travel and see the world.
The patient reported an itching sensation across her palms, which the doctor identified as a common allergic reaction to the new medication.
From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic jukkjandi, present participle of jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch + -ing.
From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ʒicchunge (also unassibilated as ʒykynge), equivalent to itch + -ing.
Often followed by the infinitive 'to' when expressing a strong desire to act.
I am itching for go homeI am itching to go homeWhen used to mean 'wanting to do something', it is followed by 'to' and the base verb, not 'for'.