Definitions for churn

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IPA: /tʃɜrn/

Churn is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in churn (chnru).

Definitions for churn

noun

1. a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
2. any of various containers or machines similar in shape or action to a butter churn, as a device for mixing beverages.
3. British. a large milk can.
4. an act of churning stocks by a stockbroker.

Verb phrases

1. churn out, to produce mechanically, hurriedly, or routinely:

verb (used with object)

1. to agitate in order to make into butter:
2. to make (butter) by the agitation of cream.
3. to shake or agitate with violence or continued motion:
4. to turn over and over in the mind:
5. (of a stockbroker) to trade (a customer's securities) excessively in order to earn more in commissions.

verb (used without object)

1. to operate a churn.
2. to move or shake in agitation, as a liquid or any loose matter:
3. to be changing rapidly or be in a confused state:
4. to have a queasy feeling, as from anxiety or disgust:
5. (of a stockbroker) to engage in the practice of churning.

Origin of churn

before 1000; Middle English chirne (noun), Old English cyrne cyr(i)n; cognate with Middle Low German kerne, Old Norse kjarni, kirna

Examples for churn

By the end of the film, you will remember Hushpuppy … and just might churn out a few tears on her behalf.

The clock is relentless as they churn out dish after dish, being judged on creativity, taste, and presentation.

She had just finished churning, and the children saw their first churn.

This year, the U.S. Mint will churn out 4.3 billion of them, more than twice the annual output of all other coins combined.

Have your churn very clean, and rinse and cool it with cold water.

By the time I sat down to fill in the blanks, it was a grind to churn out what I already knew would happen.

It is best then to have the churn in a warm room, or near the fire.

Academics these days operate under enormous pressure to churn out high volumes of these publications.

Strain the cream from the crock into the churn, and put on the lid.

The stumble of thunder, the lash and churn of rain were companions.