Definitions for urchinˈɜr tʃɪn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ur•chinˈɜr tʃɪn(n.)
a mischievous boy.
any small boy or youngster.
Category: Invertebrates
Ref: sea urchin.
Category: British
Ref: Chiefly Brit. Dial. hedgehog.
Origin of urchin:
1300–50; ME urchun, urchon hedgehog < ONF (h)erichon, OF heriçun < VL *hēricionem, acc. of *hēriciō, for L ēricius
Princeton's WordNet
urchin(noun)
poor and often mischievous city child
Wiktionary
urchin(Noun)
A mischievous child.
urchin(Noun)
street kid, a child from a poor neighborhood.
urchin(Noun)
A hedgehog.
Origin: Ultimately from ericius.
Webster Dictionary
Urchin(noun)
a hedgehog
Urchin(noun)
a sea urchin. See Sea urchin
Urchin(noun)
a mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog
Urchin(noun)
a pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy
Urchin(noun)
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(adj)
rough; pricking; piercing
The New Hacker's Dictionary
urchin
See munchkin.
Translations for urchin
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
urchin(noun)
a mischievous, usually dirty or ragged, child, especially a boy
He was chased by a crowd of urchins.
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