Plural of itch
regular plural
The plural of itch is itches.
Forms of itch
| Singular | itch /ɪt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | itches /ˈɪt͡ʃɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Itches in a sentence
- My hat itches and I have lost nine dollars at Texas Tea.2016, Caroline Kepnes, Hidden Bodies, →ISBN. From the entry Texas tea
- “My va-jay-jay itches”, yeasts my friend Anna scratchily into her cell phone.2005 March 3, Billy Manes, “RETURN TO PARIS”, in Orlando Weekly. From the entry va-jay-jay
- RhuliGel soothes the itches and ouches of summer.1986 June, “RhuliGel Soothes the Itches and Ouches of Summer [advertisement]”, in Myrna Blyth, editor, Ladies’ Home Journal, volume CIII…. From the entry ouch
- Or perhaps the social conventions in place prevent that difference from showing up — not all societies permit scratching where it itches.1997, David Braddon-Mitchell, Frank Jackson, Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, Blackwell Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 31. From the entry convention
Meaning of itch
- noun A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
- noun A constant teasing desire or want.
- verb To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
Questions about the plural of itch
- What is the plural of itch?
- The plural of itch is itches.
- Is itch countable?
- Itch is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: itch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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