Churning

churn  (chûrn)

n.

A vessel or device in which cream or milk is agitated to separate the oily globules from the caseous and serous parts, used to make butter.

v. churned, churn·ing, churns

v.tr.

1.

a. To agitate or stir (milk or cream) in order to make butter.

b. To make by the agitation of milk or cream: churn butter.

2. To shake or agitate vigorously: wind churning up the piles of leaves. See Synonyms at agitate.

3. To buy and sell (a client's securities) frequently, especially in order to generate commissions.

v.intr.

1. To make butter by operating a device that agitates cream or milk.

2. To move with or produce great agitation: waves churning in the storm; so angry it made my stomach churn.

Phrasal Verb:

churn out

To produce in an abundant and automatic manner: churns out four novels a year.

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[Middle English chirne, from Old English cyrn, cyrin.]

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churner n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	churning - moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation; "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses"; "a car stuck in the churned-up mud" churned-up agitated - physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled"
	2.	churning - (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" roiling, roily, turbulent, roiled agitated - physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled"