churn
/t͡ʃɝn/
Frequency: 3.07 in modern English
Meaning
verb
To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
Transitive verb
verb
To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
Transitive verb
verb
To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
Intransitive verb
verb
To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
Informal
verb
To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
American usage; Informal
verb
To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
verb
To digest.
Example Sentences
- "Now the cream is churned to make butter."
- "no-churn ice cream"
- "Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose."
- "The slope of the terrain, shaped like a funnel, squeezed the growing swell of churning snow into a steep, twisting gorge."
- "I was so nervous that my stomach was churning."
- "Subscriptions can be ended or canceled, which is known as churn. If there are no subscriptions, a customer churns when they stop using the product."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: chyrne, ċyrn, *kirnijǭ, chyrnen, ċernan, *kirnijaną
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /t͡ʃɝn/
- British English: /tʃɜːn/