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coçar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • itch noun An uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to scratch.
  • scratch verb To rub or drag nails, claws, or a sharp point across a surface, especially to relieve an itch or leave a mark.

Senses

coçar is used for these senses in English:

  • guinea fowl (uncountable) The meat of this bird.
  • itch (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
  • scratch To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
  • war bonnet A ceremonial headdress, decorated with a trailing extension of eagle feathers, worn by some Native American peoples.

itch — full definition

  1. noun An uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to scratch.
  2. noun A strong, restless desire to do something.
  3. verb To feel a need to scratch, or to feel a persistent urge to do something.

scratch — full definition

  1. verb To rub or drag nails, claws, or a sharp point across a surface, especially to relieve an itch or leave a mark.
  2. noun A mark, cut, or sound produced by scratching.
  3. verb To withdraw from a race or competition one had previously entered.
  4. noun Informal term for money, especially cash.
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