Definition of Urchin

1. Noun. Poor and often mischievous city child.


Definition of Urchin

1. n. A hedgehog.

2. a. Rough; pricking; piercing.

3. n. A hedgehog.

4. a. Rough; pricking; piercing.

Definition of Urchin

1. Noun. A mischievous child. ¹

2. Noun. street kid, a child from a poor neighborhood. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) A hedgehog. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Urchin

1. a mischievous boy [n -S]

Medical Definition of Urchin

1. 1. A hedgehog. 2. A sea urchin. See Sea urchin. 3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. "We 'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and fairies." 4. A pert or roguish child; now commonly used only of a boy. "And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes Forever on watch ran off each with a prize." (W. Howitt) "You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but where's the girl that won't dissemble for an husband?" (Goldsmith) 5. 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 fish, a diodon. Origin: OE. Urchon, irchon, a hedgehog, OF. Irecon, ericon, herion, herichon, F. Herisson, a derivative fr. L. Ericius, from er a hedgehog, for her; akin to Gr. Cf. Herisson. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Urchin

urbia
urbias
urbicidal
urbicolae
urbilaterian
urbilaterians
urbiscript
urbs
urceiform
urceolar
urceolate
urceole
urceoles
urceoli
urceolus
urchin (current term)
urchinlike
urchins
urchon
urchons
urde
urdee
urds
urdy
ure
urea
urea-formaldehyde resin
urea breath test
urea clearance
urea clearance test

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