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itching

[ich-ing] / ˈɪtʃ ɪŋ /






NOUN
ants in one's pants
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The series features Davis as Renee, a volunteer at the community center who is itching for combat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

For Manchester City's players, it probably presents a different problem in that they will be itching to keep their momentum going.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

My body was covered in a handful of enlarged mosquito bites, many of them already open gashes from my relentless itching.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Born into a well-off family in central Taiwan on July 2, 1934, Liu worked briefly in his father's trading and food manufacturing company but was soon itching to branch out on his own.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Apparently, though, she was thinking about the boy she liked, and was itching to tell me.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds




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