itchy

itchy
adj
1. itching, scratchy, tingling, prickling, tickling, ticklish, stinging, crawling, titillated.
2. desirous, longing, hankering, yearning, thirsting, hungry, craving.
3. restless, restive, impatient, Sl. antsy, fidgety, breathless; eager, avid, keen, burning, fervid, Sl. hot to trot, Sl. rarin' to go; edgy, nervous, Inf. in a dither.
4. acquisitive, avaricious, greedy, grasping, covetous; money-hungry, having an itchy palm; Sl. looking out for number one, Sl. on the make.

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