urchin
11urchin — /err chin/, n. 1. a mischievous boy. 2. any small boy or youngster. 3. See sea urchin. 4. either of two small rollers covered with card clothing used in conjunction with the cylinder in carding. 5. Chiefly Brit. Dial. a hedgehog. 6. Obs. an elf… …
12urchin — UK [ˈɜː(r)tʃɪn] / US [ˈɜrtʃɪn] noun [countable] Word forms urchin : singular urchin plural urchins 1) old fashioned a child who is very poor and wears dirty clothes a street urchin 2) a sea urchin …
13Urchin — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Urchin, oursin en anglais, peut faire référence à : Urchin Software Corporation, société d analyse de trafic de site internet, rachetée par Google en …
14urchin — noun a) A mischievous child. b) street kid, a child from a poor neighborhood. See Also: sea urchin, street urchin …
15urchin — ur|chin [ˈə:tʃın US ˈə:r ] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: urchin hedgehog (13 20 centuries), from Old French herichon, from Latin ericius] old fashioned a poor dirty untidy child →↑sea urchin …
16urchin — ur|chin [ ɜrtʃın ] noun count 1. ) OLD FASHIONED a child who is very poor and wears dirty clothes: a street urchin 2. ) a SEA URCHIN …
17urchin — [13] Urchin originally meant ‘hedgehog’. It was borrowed from Old Northern French herichon, which came via Vulgar Latin *hēriciō from Latin hērīcius or ērīcius ‘hedgehog’, a derivative of ēr ‘hedgehog’. This ancestral sense now survives only… …
18urchin — [[t]ɜ͟ː(r)tʃɪn[/t]] urchins N COUNT An urchin is a young child who is dirty and poorly dressed. [OLD FASHIONED] → See also sea urchin We were in the bazaar with all the little urchins watching us …
19urchin — /ˈɜtʃən / (say erchuhn) noun 1. a child, especially one who is mischievous and impudent, or ragged and shabbily dressed. 2. → sea urchin. 3. Obsolete a kind of elf or mischievous sprite. 4. Obsolete a hedgehog. –adjective 5. of the nature of or… …
20urchin — [13] Urchin originally meant ‘hedgehog’. It was borrowed from Old Northern French herichon, which came via Vulgar Latin *hēriciō from Latin hērīcius or ērīcius ‘hedgehog’, a derivative of ēr ‘hedgehog’. This ancestral sense now survives only… …
