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1. (n.) urchin
a mischievous boy.
2. urchin
any small boy or youngster.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME urchun, urchon hedgehog < ONF (h)erichon, OF heriçun < VL *hēricionem, acc. of *hēriciō, for L ēricius)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) urchin
poor and often mischievous city child
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) urchin
rough; pricking; piercing
2. (noun) urchin
a hedgehog
3. (noun) urchin
a sea urchin. See Sea urchin
4. (noun) urchin
a mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog
5. (noun) urchin
a pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy
6. (noun) urchin
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
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. urchin
See munchkin.
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Sense: a mischievous, usually dirty or ragged, child, especially a boy
He was chased by a crowd of urchins.
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 Afrikaans: straatkind |
 Arabic: ولَد شَقي |
 Bulgarian: хлапак |
 Brazilian: moleque |
 Czech: uličník |
 German: der Bengel |
 Danish: gadedreng |
 Greek: αλητάκι |
 Spanish: pilluelo, golfillo |
 Estonian: uulitsapoiss |
 Farsi: بچۀ تخس |
 Finnish: pojannaskali |
 French: gamin |
 Hebrew: פִּרחַח |
 Hindi: छोकरा |
 Croatian: deran |
 Hungarian: srác |
 Indonesian: anak nakal, berandal |
 Icelandic: götustrákur/-stelpa |
 Italian: monello |
 Japanese: いたずらっ子 |
 Korean: 개구쟁이 |
 Lithuanian: vaikėzas |
 Latvian: palaidnis; resgalis |
 Malay: budak jalanan |
 Dutch: kwajongen |
 Norwegian: gategutt; skøyer |
 Polish: urwis |
 Persian: بچۀ تخس |
 Pashto: ورانكارى، ماشوم، شيطان هل |
 Portuguese: puto |
 Romanian: copil neastâmpărat |
 Russian: уличный мальчишка |
 Slovak: uličník |
 Slovenian: pobalin |
 Serbian: derište |
 Swedish: rännstensunge, gatubarn |
 Thai: เด็กซุกซน |
 Turkish: yaramazçocuk, haylaz oğla |
 Taiwanese: 頑童 |
 Ukrainian: хлопчак, хлопчисько |
 Urdu: شرير |
 Vietnamese: thằng ranh con |
 Chinese: 顽童 |
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