Itching
11itching\ palm — noun slang A wish for money; greed. He was born with an itching palm. The bellboys in that hotel seem always to have itching palms …
12itching (or itchy) palm — Someone who has an itching palm is greedy for money, for example tips or commission (as if putting money in the palm of their hand would ease the itch). He s said to have an itching palm he does nothing without payment! …
13itching palm — a wish for money, greed The guard at the border crossing has an itching palm so be careful of him …
14itching — itch·ing || ɪtʃɪŋ n. itchiness, scratchiness, itchy sensation which leads to scratching; longing, craving, desire adj. of or pertaining to a tingling or an irritation of the skin; of or pertaining to a restless longing or craving ɪtʃ n.… …
15itching — n. 1. Itch. 2. Craving, longing, teasing desire, uneasy hankering, importunate craving, burning …
16itching — see *ears, *elbows, *feet, *hands, *knees, *mouths, *noses ■ Lean, 1903: ii. 283 8; Opie and Tatem, 1989: 479 …
17itching — Pu upu u mane o, me eau …
18itching — noun an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch • Syn: ↑itch, ↑itchiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑itch, ↑itchy (for: ↑itchiness), ↑itchy ( …
19itching purpura — a recurrent, pruritic, eruptive hemorrhagic dermatosis, usually seen in males, manifested as erythematous macules with punctate purpura beginning on the lower limbs and spreading to the trunk, upper limbs, and in severe cases the large flexural… …
20itching palm — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, covetousness, cupidity, frenzy of desire, fury of desire, gluttony, grasping, graspingness, greed, greediness, hoggishness, incontinence, inordinate desire,… …
