Definition of urchin Urchin

/ɚˈʧʌn/ - [erchun] - ur•chin

We found 13 definitions of urchin from 6 different sources.

What does urchin mean?

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Noun Plural: urchins
urchin - poor and often mischievous city child
		youngster, minor, tiddler, tike, nestling, nipper, small fry, tyke, shaver, fry, child, kid young bird not yet fledged
		ragamuffin, tatterdemalion a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

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Wiktionary

urchin (Noun)
A mischievous child.
urchin (Noun)
Street kid, a child from a poor neighborhood.
urchin (Noun)
A hedgehog.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

urchin (n.)
A hedgehog.
urchin (n.)
A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
urchin (n.)
A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
urchin (n.)
A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.
urchin (n.)
One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
urchin (a.)
Rough; pricking; piercing.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

urchin
Zoophyte with a calcareous shell ornated with mobile spines.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

urchin
A child, a little fellow; also a hedgehog.

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urchin, noun, singular of urchins.

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