urchin

ur·chin  (ûrchn)

n.

1. A playful or mischievous youngster; a scamp.

2. A sea urchin.

3. A hedgehog.

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[Middle English urchone, hedgehog, from Old French erichon, from Vulgar Latin *rci, rcin-, from Latin rcius, from r.]

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urchin

Noun

1. a mischievous child

2. See sea urchin [Latin ericius hedgehog]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

urchin - poor and often mischievous city child child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" ragamuffin, tatterdemalion - a dirty shabbily clothed urchin guttersnipe, street urchin - a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas

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urchin

noun (Old-fashioned) ragamuffin, waif, guttersnipe, brat, mudlark (slang) gamin, street Arab (offensive) young rogue

Translations

urchin [ˈəːtʃɪn] n → pilluelo, golfillo

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urchin [ˈəːtʃɪn] n → gosse m, garnement m

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urchin [ˈəːtʃɪn] (pej) n → Gassenkind nt

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urchin [ˈəːtʃɪn] n → monello;

sea urchin → riccio di mare

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urchin

n urchin [ˈəːtʃin]

a mischievous, usually dirty or ragged, child, especially a boy He was chased by a crowd of urchins. straatkind ولَد شَقي хлапак uličník gadedreng der Bengel αλητάκι pilluelo, golfillo uulitsapoiss بچۀ تخس katupoika gamin פִּרחַח छोकरा deran srác götustrákur/-stelpa monello いたずらっ子 vaikėzas palaidnis; resgalis budak jalanan kwajongen gategutt; skøyer urwis puto copil neastâmpărat уличный мальчишка uličník pobalin derište rännstensunge, gatubarn เด็กซุกซน yaramaz çocuk, haylaz oğlan 頑童 хлопчак, хлопчисько شرير thằng ranh con 顽童