urchin

noun

ˈər-chən How to pronounce urchin (audio)
Definition of urchinnext
as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy

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Recent Examples of urchin The students tried to reduce this food loss as well as to solve the urchin barren problem in one shot and the results seemed successful. — Akiko Katayama, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Frank Borzage’s 1927 7th Heaven features Fox contract player Janet Gaynor as a Parisian street urchin and newcomer Charles Farrell as the sanitation worker who loves her. — Jane Levere, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 The grasslike material offers a home for baby urchins to cling to. — Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024 After cutting open another half dozen, my hands were stained red, urchin spines were embedded in my skin and my mouth was dancing. — Jaime Lowe, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for urchin

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