urchin (redirected from urchins)

ur·chin  (ûrchn)

n.

1. A playful or mischievous youngster; a scamp.

2. A sea urchin.

3. A hedgehog.

---

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

---

urchin [ˈɜːtʃɪn]

n

1. a mischievous roguish child, esp one who is young, small, or raggedly dressed

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) See sea urchin, heart urchin

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an archaic or dialect name for a hedgehog

4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) either of the two cylinders in a carding machine that are covered with carding cloth

5. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) Obsolete an elf or sprite

[urchon, from Old French heriçon, from Latin ēricius hedgehog, from ēr, related to Greek khēr 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

---

urchin

noun (Old-fashioned) ragamuffin, waif, guttersnipe, brat, mudlark (slang), gamin, street Arab (offensive), young rogue We were in the bazaar with all the little urchins watching us.

Translations

urchin [ˈɜːtʃɪn] N → pilluelo/a m/f, golfillo/a m/f
sea urchin → erizo m de mar

---

urchin [ˈɜː^rtʃɪn] n → garnement m

---

urchin

n → Gassenkind nt; (mischievous) → Range f

---

urchin [ˈɜːtʃɪn] n → monello/a

---

urchin [ˈɜːtʃɪn] n → monello/a

---

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 개구쟁이 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